The Future ahead

[Emyong]

I really feel like I can do greater things in life but I feel like in order for me to do so I have to abandon everything I currently have. Has anyone else felt this way?? I really want to pursue my passion to evolve it into a career but my present self holds me back from moving forward. Whether it be because I'm too tired after work or too anxious about my health, it's one excuse after the other that just seems to keep spiraling within me.

I'm so tired of the unmotivated side of me! I just want to drop everything and lead a new life. But.....how?

[mrmonk]

Hello Emyong,

Why do you feel you need to abandon everything in order to achieve your goals? What is your passion?

[Emyong in reply to mrmonk]

Well, my passion is to create stories through illustration. Essentially graphic novels. Although I love ceramics so doing that on the side would be great as well.

I shouldn't say everything. I was being a bit dramatic with that statement but I would say things that are important to me like family, lifestyles, and old habits. While I can say I love my family and they are supportive but their support comes with a limit. While they say certain encouraging words about my art they turn around and remain silent of me wanting to create graphic novels and leading to a reply of "well, you have to do something else, right? Like, a job?".

Which mind you I already am employed

My lifestyle isn't very adventurous which, according to a counselor, is unhealthy and lowers my confidence.

Old habits is a big one, much more so than family and lifestyle. Although you could say old habits are apart of my lifestyle. I won't go into too much detail but to sum it all up, I have motivational issues. It's just an old habit of sitting around doing nothing. Whether it be laziness or depression I always feel like I'm making excuses to just lay down and be a vegetable for the majority of the day (when I'm not working).

I appreciate your attention! I know most of these can be easily fixed but something else feels like it's holding me down and I'm not sure exactly what.

[mrmonk in reply to Emyong]

Maybe it's just a matter of magnifying the parts of your life that serve your interests and minimizing the role of everything else, jettisoning the things that may be holding you back.

I know there is the issue you mention of not being productive in your off-work hours, but have you already tried to undertake a graphic novel project, or is this a future goal?

[Emyong in reply to mrmonk]

Hmm, that could be possible. I've made 1 short graphic novel before in my early teen years but nothing professional or published. I believe it had about 15 pages which isn't much but it was the first completed story I created. Now that I'm more experienced, I'm currently working on a story that I want to self publish and sell.

[Hidden]

If you have a passion, you go for it, generally there is no reason to give up anything especially if it is something tentative in the first instance

In live we have to take life as a general positive experience. We do something to achieve a new life experience, however sometime we need to fail as long as we have learned and explored life experiences. We never know until we have tried and done things to the best of our ability. Never feel down hearted, life is to short for that

BOB

[Emyong in reply to Hidden]

Aaahh, thank you so much! What you say is very encouraging! I'll try to keep everything you said in mind and try to think more in a positive light

[Florida1959]

I think you need to cut out what no longer serves you, and build on what does, I think the adventurous statement is BS, I left a whole life behind in England to move to Florida to live a simpler way of life, my life in England was so stressful, we all have the right to live as WE want, not what someone else thinks we want. Sit in the silence and the answers will come, always here. X

[Emyong in reply to Florida1959]

Thank you! I agree! Although, I think I've been sitting in silence for so long to the point where I'm starting to hesitate... It's time to take action!

[Florida1959 in reply to Emyong]

Yes make a plan -take action - and fly xxxxx

[Florida1959 in reply to Florida1959]

How’s it going xxxxx

[Emyong in reply to Florida1959]

It's going great! I'm finally trying to get things going with what I really want to be doing in life. I'm currently trying to go part time instead of full time with my job and hopefully resign soon so I can be happy

[Florida1959 in reply to Emyong]

Yessssss xxx keep me updated xxx