Looking for advice.

[towyncoyote]

In a perfect world with no what-ifs or I cant's is the following: a list of things that I believe I would like to do. Be they general activities or actual careers. The purpose of this being I ask of all of you to simply help me devise a viable path to start my journey. My current plan as stands is to seek therapy, get my medical/dental status

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[jafra]

I would give anything to be able to explore the universe omg *bounces* but yeah i'm pretty much want the same with alot of stuff in your post ^ ^

just wanted to mention bout the love reading sci-fi fantasy thing. if ya haven't heard of Laurel K Hamilton's "Anita Blake Vampire hunter series" you should totally check it out. shes a necromancer who fights n kills vampires and were creatures (not just wolves) or she has sex with them *grins* yeah she's a girl but i'm gay and still think the scenes are pretty hawt. anyways it really is an awesome series hun and best part is if you do actually like it there's 21 novels in the series and counting. adding a link for if your curious http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/works/

toodles

[towyncoyote]

I've considered it. My main concern is money. I am unsure how well being an author would pay the bills, or college debt should I go for a literary degree.

I also mentioned that I do not feel very creative. As much as I like fantasy worlds I've never been the best at making my own, I always seem to have to draw from others.

[foxxdamone]

As a fellow writer I can tell you if you want a career in writing and are worried about money then you can work a normal nine to five to pay the bills and use the rest of the day for writing.
I work two jobs and three of those are 18 hour shifts, BUT that still leaves me four other days to get writing done. There is time if you find it, and I average between ten and fifteen pages a week. I'm working on my second novel right now.

[blazerraccoon]

Hey you! when did you move back to the bay? We really should hang out sometime!

[towyncoyote]

Totally! I moved back just under three years ago. I've been rather busy with work the past year or so but I'm always free on weekends. If you still have my number from way back it's the same. Throw me a text.

[blazerraccoon]

lol, no, don't still have it...that was two celphones ago- can you PM or email it to me?

[towyncoyote]

Sent. :)

[freakylynx]

Take care of your immediate needs first, cover your bills and have a steady income. College will be a waste if you don't know what direction you'd like to try, at the very least something you think you could tolerate doing for a number of years or that you'd be decent at. If you can't think of anything along those lines then you might want to wait a bit longer before committing so much time and money

[towyncoyote]

Well currently I am working, and I'd consider my job rather stable as I've been there nearly two years. My bills are covered and I have a couple grand in savings. The problem is I'm not happy with this at all, it seems like there's nowhere to go from here without doing something like college. I want to move on with my life, get out of my parents house and live my own life.

I just don't know what to do. That's the issue. I don't earn enough to live on my own and unless I can find a career I can tolerate, that won't change. :(

[foxxdamone]

Aerospace engineer or biologist. Those are the two areas I would suggest for you given what you posted above. There are plenty of jobs within those two fields that would suit you well.

On another note, have you ever thought about working in water treatment? It takes a bit of college, but you would be traveling a lot and conducting tests on various water supplies to make sure nothing has contaminated them and look at mineral values and such. I've known two people involved in it and they really enjoy the job and get paid very well, if that is a factor.