I wasn’t ever one of those people who knew what I wanted to do with my life. Instead, I fell into that vague category that I think a lot of people fall into; I had a general idea that I wanted to do something creative. I was pretty sure it was going to be in some type of visual art. However, I wasn’t ever quite sure which aspect of that to pursue.

As a result, I ended up taking two very different courses with my art studies. I started out thinking that I might be interested in a Graphic Design Program. I like visual art but am not a talented painter or someone skilled at drawing so I thought doing something on the computer made more sense. However, I learned that graphic design is primarily related to advertising and that didn’t interest me.

While taking those classes, I learned about an Interior Design Program and ended up checking that out. It had the benefit of being less immersed in the consumer world than graphic design (in some ways, anyway). However, I discovered that my creativity didn’t flourish in looking at rooms like it had in working with art design on a computer.

In the end, I figured out that neither design program was right for me. Instead, I took my variety of experiences and became a writer specializing in design articles. And I think that, too, is typical of a lot of people. We don’t have to know where we’re going with our education because ultimately we’ll end up in the right place.

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