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where do you guys find neat .gifs like this

I've always wanted to be a fashion designer. Once I was at the doctor's for a checkup and she asked me what I wanted to become when I grow up. Without hesitation I told her I wanted to become a fashion designer. She just kind of scoffed at me and told me that I am too smart for that and that I should become a doctor or something useful. Thinking back, it was really rude of her to just say something like that, but man, 12 year old me was crushed. I really began thinking it was stupid so I never spoke about it again.
It's been almost a decade since then and I am currently studying mechanical engineering and while it is fun, I just keep thinking how I could… I don't know, open an etsy shop and sell lingerie and accessories or something like that. I don't regret choosing what I chose, but I just keep thinking about what if I went to study fashion design. Well, maybe one day after I finish college.

>>540194
This one is by dualvoidanima on tumblr

>>540195
kek she probably thought you meant you wanted to be the next Anna Sui or something and didn't realize there are plenty of freelance avenues for someone who wants to be a designer. still pretty demeaning of her to crush a kid's dreams like that.

I wanted to be a famous writer. Now as an adult I realize how saturated the world is with very talented writers. From a biographical standpoint they all come from backgrounds far more complex with traumas far more interesting than my own. Most ideas are taken and have been done in numerous ways, and in far better ways than I could ever conceptualize. I end up feeling like a fraud because I feel like all my creativity is just a spinoff of an original idea or something I've seen before. Am I actually a good writer, or have people just blown smoke up my ass because I put in a little effort and was a big fish in a small pond?
The worst about being unrecognized is knowing that it's completely fair and that I deserve it. The writers who make it big are people who eat, sleep, and breathe words. They often have careers in writing, journalism, etc. They've bothered to make connections with other writers. Whereas I'm often very self conscious of my work-what little I put out-and I have a constant paranoia that I am being negatively judged. I've often wanted to write under a male nom de plume just because I feel my work would be better received. I feel like when people really know me, they reject me, and the same would happen for anything I create too.

I wanted to make a webcomic that was a big multimedia project and get famous (I read homestuck lol). Obviously not impossible, but I don't have much to say or enough experience to write something compelling. And now that I'm older I can recognize internet fame is shit (but still fun to fantasize about).

>>540205
That's so sad to hear, anon. I don't know much about writing but I hope you find a niche where people appreciate your work!

I never had any dreams growing up or as a teen. My unrealized dream is something recent. I want to become a metalsmith and sell my own jewelry. I'm picking up metalsmithing classes soon as a first step to realize my dream =)!

I wanted to be either a fashion designer, costume designer or set designer or all of those. I would love to work on historical costumes and sew them for stage and movies. I would LOVE to work on the set of a historical tv show or movie making costumes and props.. gave up on all of those. that industry is really niche and hard to get into. I just don't have the talent.

I always wanted to be an illustrator, and I still do want to work in visual arts, but growing up with really bad self esteem and difficulty motivating myself made me abandon drawing for a long time so Im back at square one with my drawing skills. Im also a poorfag with no formal art training so its gonna be awhile before I can go to any type of school to specialize in visual arts. They say good things come to those who wait, so we’ll see.

we already have this thread… >>>/g/58242

>>540205
I feel you, anon, but every single book that's published is "based" on an already existing idea and nothing is original. Your backstory doesn't mean anything if you can't write about it in an interesting way, I'm sure you're story would entertain lots of people! Personally, I love memoirs and autobiographies even though the people who write them have lived similar lives and their stories aren't that different. Don't crush your dream like that, I'm sure you have talent

>>540210
>>540413
That's kind of you anons, thank you for the encouragement.