All my friends have real jobs. Was recently chatting with an acquaintance I haven’t caught up with in a long while and he was telling me about his phd in coastal engineering. He asked me what I did for work and I sheepishly said “art”. I’m a commercial artist. My job changes very little in the world. It’s fun sure but I feel very silly and almost childish telling my friends about it. Like my friends are teachers or nurses or electricians and I’m like “I drew a dog today”.
I wish I was born with a passion and skill for numbers. Or engineering. But I’m shit at math to the point I’m still adding numbers on my fingers at 30. So a career change to a “real” job feels out of the question when I feel dumb as a rock. I enjoy building and creating things. I woodworking (badly) as a hobby. I like cars but don’t know much about them as I was never taught. But wonder if I should have become a mechanic instead. But again: terrible at math.
Wondering if others feel the same and what did they do about it.