I use to be an artist /painter , that was me , what I am. But I just couldn't survive anymore and had to get back to a real job. It's not what I am anymore , it's sort of not bad if I must do an ordinary job , like it pays ok, not great but not bad , involves designing and manually doing stuff with my hands which is what I'm good at , I'm my own boss to and I only work a few wks a mth. Which all sounds pretty good but the work itself is not all that flash apart from those good points. After being an artist , even if I was flat broke all the time , to be back to doing just a job well , I feel as if I've failed myself.
But eh , being an artist wasn't all roses either , you had the bs art world and people to deal with - live with, your work was in your head , that's where it lived and formed , which can really mess you up too.So sometimes it's actually quite a relief to be back to the real world now , making some money and just an ordinary , no bs , job again !
Do you actually like your job?
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I use to be an artist /painter , that was me , what I am. But I just couldn't survive anymore and had to get back to a real job. It's not what I am anymore , it's sort of not bad if I must do an ordinary job , like it pays ok, not great but not bad , involves designing and manually doing stuff with my hands which is what I'm good at , I'm my own boss to and I only work a few wks a mth. Which all sounds pretty good but the work itself is not all that flash apart from those good points. After being an artist , even if I was flat broke all the time , to be back to doing just a job well , I feel as if I've failed myself.
But eh , being an artist wasn't all roses either , you had the bs art world and people to deal with - live with, your work was in your head , that's where it lived and formed , which can really mess you up too.So sometimes it's actually quite a relief to be back to the real world now , making some money and just an ordinary , no bs , job again !