15 Struggles Of Being ‘The Creative One’ In Your Family
By Katie Mather
1. You grew up with pressure to secure a ~*~practical~*~ job. You were told starring on Broadway did not count as such.
2. You hate it when people ask you what you want to do. Your gut reaction is that you’ll be judged for not responding doctor/lawyer/banker/CIA agent in space. So you do the classic shoulder shrug and mumbling “I don’t know” combo.
3. The response to this is always “Oh, don’t worry! You have plenty of time!”
4. You’re painfully aware you don’t actually have “plenty of time.”
5. You internally fight between following the “conventional route” and what you secretly really, really, really, really, really, really, really want to do. Unfortunately this involves considering how little money you could potentially end up making by pursuing the latter.
6. Once you convince yourself to focus on finances and reality, and you suppress your artistic urges, you feel dead inside. Is this really what the rest of your life is supposed to be?
7. But you’re told that your creative side is just a hobby to pursue during your free time. So you attempt to listen to that and convince yourself of it.
