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Can you help me? I'd really appreciate.

I don't expect people to care but it would be really nice if some gave me advice. I started studying 3D animation and tried to stay in there but failed. I liked half of my courses and HATED the other half. I tried studying communication and knew it wasn't for me. Now I'm going into psychology and I'm scared of giving up AGAIN. I keep telling myself that maybe I just let my dreams go because it was ''too hard''. I feel like a lazy burnout. I was sure I wanted to work in animation, I love drawing and people often tell me I have a gift. As you know, I'm obsessed with Disney princesses. I always was glued to cartoons when I was little too. I'm just addicted to animation. I always want to create things also. How on earth could've it gone so wrong??? I just don't get it. I want to choose my career wisely. I'm not sure going back is the right thing... Maybe I just have an addictive personality and am introverted.
 dimitri_is_hot posted over a year ago
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Mrs-X said:
You know, I think you should do something you like. If it's animation then go back into studying it and do your best. There will always be downsides, no matter what direction you take for your career. It's normal, I can guarantee you that no matter what you choose to study, you will hate some of the classes you'll have to take but you still need to do it. You have no choice but to work hard and get through those if you want to love what you do for a living later. Come on, don't let go! Everytime you feel lazy, think about all the fun you'll have working later in animation, doing it for a living, getting money to do what you do best. If your heart tells you it's the right career orientation for you, go for it and don't mess it up this time, because once you're done with your studies, you are DONE and FREE.

Work hard and be passionate! That's all the advice I can give you.
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(By the way, forgive me, my English is not that good)
Mrs-X posted over a year ago
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Thank you :) I hope you're right and that I'll be able to not screw up again. I would be the happiest girl alive if I made a living out of something I love. Just curious, what are you studying?
dimitri_is_hot posted over a year ago
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Lol I didn't even notice, I don't think your English is bad at all. I'm not from the states so mine isn't too good either.
dimitri_is_hot posted over a year ago
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I'm currently studying cinema and communications because I want to be a reporter but I also hate half my classes because they sometimes focus way too much on analysing movies, which is not at all what I want to do later ;)
Mrs-X posted over a year ago
rhythmicmagic said:
Well, you say you like drawing things, so maybe 3D animation just isn't your thing. Maybe you should try looking into traditional animation.
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I'd like to but everything is 3D now. I can't study traditional animation where I live
dimitri_is_hot posted over a year ago
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Well, if what you really want to do is traditional animation, than maybe persuing 3D animation isn't really going to fulfill your dream either.
rhythmicmagic posted over a year ago
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You're right but life doesn't always go our way :( Though people who study 3D do learn traditional animation also
dimitri_is_hot posted over a year ago
magicfairydust said:
If this is your dream, then you should go after it. Life is too short to give up on something that you love. If it's hard, then keep trying, you'll get there eventually :) You don't want to be sitting there 40 years from now, thinking "what if" what if, you hadn't given up. If this is your passion, then why not take the risk? If you find yourself not loving animation in the future, you can always change your mind.
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Thanks :) I'm just so afraid that my dream job isn't what I think it will be, I changed my mind so many times, I'm terribly confused.
dimitri_is_hot posted over a year ago
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yeah, it's so hard to really decide what the right thing to do in life is. I have no idea at all what I want to be either XD
magicfairydust posted over a year ago
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Wow haha but what do you like most of all?
dimitri_is_hot posted over a year ago
hajirah4 said:
Psychology? Tell me, is that HONESTLY What you want to study? Just think, one day, if YOU will be one of those animators in life who will make the most beautiful landscapes in 3D ANIMATION. Sure it may be boring now, but once you pass, you can draw anything, the possibilities are endless.

When Dr. Seuss wanted to warm children's hearts did he turn himself into a puppy? Or did he go and write stories? For him, what to avoid was the situation if he'd went to his mom because she would've said "Oh that's cute, dear. But these aren't really stories. Now run along outside and play duck-duck-goose."

But for you the obstacle is the learning part. Come on, just learn. Did you think that Steve Jobs thought learning about how tiny chips in your computers make things run when he wanted to invent was FUN?? Heck, no. The fun is the dream. After what seems boring, you get a degree, and you finally LIVE YOUR DREAM. Do it AGAIN, this time you've got even MORE people supporting your dream, which means that there's no doubt in failing.
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Psychology? Tell me, is that HONESTLY What you want to study? Just think, one day, if YOU will be one of those animators in life who will make the most beautiful landscapes in 3D ANIMATION. Sure it may be boring now, but once you pass, you can draw anything, the possibilities are endless. 

When Dr. Seuss wanted to warm children's hearts did he turn himself into a puppy? Or did he go and write stories? For him, what to avoid was the situation if he'd went to his mom because she would've said "Oh that's cute, dear. But these aren't really stories. Now run along outside and play duck-duck-goose." 

But for you the obstacle is the learning part. Come on, just learn. Did you think that Steve Jobs thought learning about how tiny chips in your computers make things run when he wanted to invent was FUN?? Heck, no. The fun is the dream. After what seems boring, you get a degree, and you finally LIVE YOUR DREAM. Do it AGAIN, this time you've got even MORE people supporting your dream, which means that there's no doubt in failing.
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Hahaha thank you :) I guess I was going crazy. I hope it will be fun later on 'cause animation takes so much time and animators are used to starting all over again. I can't go back right now, it's not that simple but when I finish studying something, I'll most likely go back after you guys support me :P After all, my mom wants me to become a doctor xD there are no chances of that happening. I know psychology is hard but if I finish it, maybe it will benefit me in writing good stories for animated movies?
dimitri_is_hot posted over a year ago
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I think psychology is meant to bring that mental/etc person back to a decent human. But I guess I can kinda see your plan, after all, a math professor wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
hajirah4 posted over a year ago
Flutey_Girl96 said:
It's kind of unrelated, but I know of a woman who was studying a double major in Marine Biology, and Conservation. Most of the units overlapped, but the Conservation course had two units that didn't: conservation, and some sort of law thing. She hated the law unit, so dropped the whole Conservation degree. After graduating, she regretted it immensely, as all the jobs she wanted were being filled by people with the same double degree as she started out studying for.
I guess the moral of the story is that even though things may be hard, or you may not like them, keep pushing at it and don't give up, no matter how hard it is or how much you hate it, because if you do give up, you'll end up regretting it, eventually.
I think you should keep at the 3D animation, especially if you love drawing so much. I can't remember who said it, but someone once said something along the lines of "Persue a career that you are passionate about; that way, you never have to work a day in your life."
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Thank you :) And yes that's exactly how I feel, some of my courses were like hell but I guess everything's hard and I didn't know better, I felt like maybe it wasn't my passion. But now, I'm just really confused and feel like going back to 3D animation. Hopefully, most people will find a job that they're passionate about.
dimitri_is_hot posted over a year ago
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