Kevin_Yuu t1_j5q7cdq wrote
As a kid, you maintain a sense of bewilderment for the world and what you can do simply because you don't know what limits there are. Once you become an adult you become burdened by the weight of responsibility and expectations and that bewilderment becomes dulled. I do think it can inevitable that we limit what's possible but we also legitimately have less time and resources to do the things we want as an adult than we do as a child. You can have a lot of free time (at least, for those who are fortunate) to think, dream, and enjoy youth.
I'm 27. I bought a drawing pad 2 years ago and practiced digital art for about a year before I lost interest/got caught up in other things. I really enjoyed it, and still draw on occasion, but I have to study for a professional engineering exam and plan out a trip to Japan this year. I work solely for the purpose of making a stable income and spend my spare time doing things I actually am more passionate about- most of the reason for this is because making money doing things I love (I.E. Art, Games, Music, Etc.) would be extremely risky and would take an insane amount of time and effort to match the income from a career job in engineering. It's possible to quit your job and pursue your real passions, there's people everyday who do it. But how many of those people actually succeed? How many of those people are actually more satisfied than if they just kept their hobbies as hobbies? I'm not sure. And fear of uncertainty is certainly a powerful factor in preventing me and probably most others from making that choice. Do we have to go from dreamers to realist? No, but reality is accepting that you don't want to take a big risk simply due to uncertainty.
TreatThompson OP t1_j5q9rxl wrote
Wow that is really well said, I think I agree with everything
I’m in a similar situation as you. I work full time as an accountant and am in the CPA professional education program working to get the designation, and on the side do writing and also bought a drawing pad to learn art and animation
Animation gets fully ignored during a CPA module and writing gets a back seat
So I think you hit it in the head—I think it comes down to how much are you willing to risk in adulthood. I could drop the CPA aspirations and that would immediately give me so much free time to write and learn animation, but I would give up significant salary upside
Thanks for sharing that 😁 glad to read thoughts I can relate to
EricMBordner t1_j5rl06o wrote
You can also pursue the CPA designation for a year (it is a hard test), and alter the outcome of all your future jobs, particularly as you age. That extra income can result in writing/drawing seminars, money in the bank, working part time and getting paid a higher hourly rate so you can work on that book and draw that painting, you also will be able to tutor and teach others which is a great career path change as you age. The idea that you won’t draw and write if you make a living doing something else, is just not true. It just may be a slower process
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