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  • Listening to: AFI- Prelude 12/24
  • Reading: A Game of Thrones: A Clash of Kings
  • Playing: Okami (Still?!)
  • Eating: Tacos
  • Drinking: Coke Zero
Now, none of you probably want to read my bitchiness in my Journal and whatnot but I generally dont rant. I'm lucky I normally dont do that often.

Everyone says that college is a time for you to figure out what you want to do with your life: to explore, to see what your good at before you go out into "The Real World".  Find your talents and your specialties and build off of that.

But what about when your talents and specialties aren't ones that can necessarily get you places? Or at least, places that you'd want to be?

I know I have talents for some things, but not anything that I can... well, use.
a) Writing
b) Drawing dragons
c) Designing costumes

Okay, those are all good and dandy. But I cant really do much with any of those, lest I find a job that incorperates them. Or, as others say, a job you can make some money and a living with.

Now I'm thinking to myself: what the hell CAN I do then?

I'm not good in math; I dont like anything with science; medical facts is like learning another language; I have an adversion to food and to people; I work best by myself and not with others; my only strong suits are in the arts; I am an ultra nerd for fantasy and medieval stuff; I hate teaching; needles scare me to death; I cant build, fix or dissassemble a computer or anything mechanical.

I'm sure you all think that to yourself at some point in time: that question of "What am I going to do in life?" question. I went into college and through high school I thought to myself that I wanted to be a writer or something in the arts. But now I realize that that's probably not going to happen, or that it'll be a side career and my main job would be something I despise.

I dont know, I guess I'm just really down about all of this. Funny thing is that I got tis way after I watched this show on G4 called 'Face Off': one of the contestants on it is 21, and her make-up stuff is PHENOMINAL. She obviously knew that was something she wanted to do: how did she actually get where she is at such a young age?

Eh, this is becomming a ramble of a rant now. I'm getting off.

- Faith




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:iconllwild1992:
The best part of life is that nothing is forever, nothing is ever truly set in stone, unless you ciment your feet to the ground---then you have a situation. your first two years of college is to descover yourself. im sure you'll find what it is you want. but the craziest thing that can happen to you is that your "calling" or "purpose" finds you! hang in there, when the oppertunity presents itself to you to try something or go off on an adventure, jump on it.
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~meowsap Jan 8, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
The cool thing about college is that once you start taking general courses and just trying out things, you'll start to find out more about yourself. I found out that psychology fascinates me, and now I'm discovering that I've been gifted to be a teacher. I never really wanted to be a teacher in high school and only briefly considered it. :) I thought maybe I would do counseling or art or something, but now I've discovered what it is I should do. Have patience, be adventurous in your academics, and you never know! ;)
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:iconflamingchibi:
Everyone tells me that, but it doesnt sing in too much if your me - w - lol
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~meowsap Jan 10, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Are you in college yet, or still in high school? Whichever one can definitely affect your perspective, haha...
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~meowsap Jan 10, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Lol, ok.... :D
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