Career Change
So I've given this a lot of thought lately and I have decided that I am going to retire from art. There are many reasons for me coming to this realization, and I think in the long run, it will be a good decision.
Physically it's getting harder and harder for me to continue in art. I can't do much with my arms anymore, which makes it difficult to draw and be on the computer. I'm also tired from all the emotional stress that it has put me through in the last several years. It's a bunch of stress that I really don't need. Third, and most notably, I have essentially lost my passion for art over the last several years. The industry has chewed me up and spit me back out. Several times. I'm fed up and tired of all of it. So I am done.
Personally, I do not view this as the death of me as an artist, but rather, a rebirth of me as a new individual. Re-inventing who I am, if you will. Since returning home, I have an entirely different perspective of the world now and I feel really good about it.
I can't wait to start exploring a all my new career options. I think I would excel in a Human Resource, Customer Service, or Hospitality job. Given all the experience I have from Disney, I think I would be best-suited for something in that area. Unfortunately, I think these are bad industries to enter into at the time. Simply because the economy is so bad at the moment and there are not a ton of jobs to go around to begin with.
Jamie is going to introduce me to a bunch of different people when I get up to Seattle in February, and one of the careers I've been looking at for the moment is as a game tester. I've already been called by both Nintendo and Microsoft for positions doing game testing and I am considering both of them, however Jamie tells me that I can make more money as a software tester, so it's something else I need to look into as well.
Physically it's getting harder and harder for me to continue in art. I can't do much with my arms anymore, which makes it difficult to draw and be on the computer. I'm also tired from all the emotional stress that it has put me through in the last several years. It's a bunch of stress that I really don't need. Third, and most notably, I have essentially lost my passion for art over the last several years. The industry has chewed me up and spit me back out. Several times. I'm fed up and tired of all of it. So I am done.
Personally, I do not view this as the death of me as an artist, but rather, a rebirth of me as a new individual. Re-inventing who I am, if you will. Since returning home, I have an entirely different perspective of the world now and I feel really good about it.
I can't wait to start exploring a all my new career options. I think I would excel in a Human Resource, Customer Service, or Hospitality job. Given all the experience I have from Disney, I think I would be best-suited for something in that area. Unfortunately, I think these are bad industries to enter into at the time. Simply because the economy is so bad at the moment and there are not a ton of jobs to go around to begin with.
Jamie is going to introduce me to a bunch of different people when I get up to Seattle in February, and one of the careers I've been looking at for the moment is as a game tester. I've already been called by both Nintendo and Microsoft for positions doing game testing and I am considering both of them, however Jamie tells me that I can make more money as a software tester, so it's something else I need to look into as well.