Creative Careers

[Kubash16]

I wasn’t quite sure what category to post this in.

I currently have an extremely structured job and I’m really struggling going to it. It’s getting incredibly difficult to stay. Other then the fact it pays bills and provides insurance there are no redeeming qualities. The hate in me is rising every day.

I’ve applied for disability but chances of getting it are pretty slim. I’m kinda in school, kinda taking a break. It will be a long time before I have enough education to get a job in that field.

My T has been really pushing me to devise ways for me to just make money with photography and my writing. **I won’t be starting a portrait business, I don’t want to be around people.***

My question, does anyone else here depend on income from more creative/unreliable ventures and how do you stay motivated and dedicate the time necessary without burning out? How do you structure your day?

 

[littleoc]

I don’t, but maybe you could try taking one of those free personality tests and then googling what careers people with those types have? I hear that is a good starting point for some. :)

No one fits exactly into one personality type, of course.

Good luck :)

 

[Kubash16]

I may just do that @littleoc, mostly cause I’m bored too and I’ll post it on here cause I probably won’t know what any of it means.

 

[littleoc]

Lol, no worries! Try 16Persobalities or something like that? They aren’t nearly as “accurate” (as accurate as these things can actually be) as the paid versions, but it’s good enough. :)

Then, play with your personality type a bit to get other dimensions of you, in a creative way. Like if you get INFP, go into the browsing personalities section (or edit the url itself) and look at ENFP, or ISFP, or INTP, or INFJ! You might find that you are quite complicated :P Anyway, you can copy what it says your strengths are and use them in cover letters or resumes, and you can Google any type and figure out what jobs people who have similar personalities do! :)

 

[Kubash16]

So I’m intp-t, whatever that means lol, gonna do some googling.