The best thing about a photograph is that it never changes... even if the people in it do. -Andy Warhol

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Growth.

I would like to mention that I have decided to expand my blogging horizons, and all posts that are written on Blogger will now also be available on my Tumblr. www.deliciouslyawkward.tumblr.com

It's Your Life.


Ever since I was old enough to consider what my future career path might be, I was always certain of what I want to do with my life. Now, you might think that since I've always known what I wanted to do then my college path would be a obvious... but that is not the case. In the future I would like to have a career doing some work with photography and graphic design, but according to some superior sources the arts are not particularly 'marketable' skills.

So, because of this I decided to start college as a marketing major with a "this won't be that bad" mindset. I've now been in college for half of a semester and I can already see that it is, unfortunately, that bad. I'm uninterested in my classes, having trouble meeting people that I'm compatible with, and having an overall mediocre time.

When I found myself faced with this conflict between what I love to do and what could earn more money, the solution was very simple for me. I would rather be happy in my job doing what I love than being miserable with a big pay check. And even though I came to this decision rather easily, there is still a whole new set of problems to tackle. I now have to see if I can even get into a good art program at my school mid-year, and then there is the whole other problem of trying to get the approval of my mother. But when I was thinking about this I came to a conclusion.

The conclusion was that I don't need the approval of anybody else. I am fortunate enough to know exactly what I want to do with my life at such an early age, and so why should I not go for it? I will never let myself become the person that wakes up in 20 years and hates what I do everyday. I think that too many people let themselves loose sight of their true ambitions for something that will earn them more money, and that's just terrible.

So, from this somewhat long story that you may or may not find personally relevant I offer a piece of advice. No matter what you want to do with your future do not let anybody say that you aren't good enough, won't make enough money, won't find a job, or any of the other possible reasons not to do the thing that you love. This definitely sounds cliche, but the sky is the limit. If nobody ever tackled their goals head on then there would never be anything great in the world.

Expository Composition.


This is a photo of the textbook that I was recently published in. Thank you everyone for supporting me and helping me out.