noahwhalen Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 (edited) I'm 35. I'm married with a 3 year old. I'm happy being a husband and dad. Where i'm not happy is in the Job/Career area. There are millions of people in my boat i'm sure. I'm lucky to have a job so I can't complain too bad. *I'm just mad at myself for not trying harder when I was younger to find a career in the arts, music or film, 3 of my main loves and a media art field I have great talent in and knowledge of. I know that I could have pushed myself harder but I had fears. Instead, i'm stuck in the same old dead end demanding job i've been at for 7 years in a field i'm so bored with and could care less about (but it was a job), needing to make more money to support my family, working a second job on the weekends to make ends meet. Music and Art and Film are a hobby now, when/if I can afford to devote time to them. I'm so busy now with work and family, its nuts at times. But i'm loving being married and my child. Still like mentioned above, I get so mad with myself over the fact that I wish I'd tried harder. I was a follower before I was married. I'd get out there but following others, never mapping my own course to success. Now I feel like I want to be a leader but i'm stuck. No free time and i'll be honest, No drive anymore to try because at this point, I think to myself, what's the point? It's a conflict inside...One day I wake up super-optimistic that I could go out and find a job using my talents in a field I LOVE and make great money to support my family and...the next day I wake up scared to even think about leaving my boring job I've been at for so long to find something I'd really enjoy for fear: "What if I fail? I can't afford to fail, I have a family to support and a family that wants me to be around, not gone all the time working" Why worry about what hasn't even happened, right? I don't know... Edited August 11, 2011 by noahwhalen Link to post Share on other sites
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