A ver Anxious Artist
Hello! My name is Emmcat :)
I am new to 7 cups. I am a classic struggling artist who has lost a lot of confidence in her work and career path. I am plauged with stress and guilt about my work, often feeling like a financial burden on my partner and that I have made a terrible mistake in choosing the arts. I work in the animation field mostly and I have often been pushed to do work for free. It can be a very defeating feeling when I have worked so much for so little pay over the years. I was hoping it would get better, but things seem really hopeless at the moment. I don't know who I would be and what I would do outside being an artist. I feel very trapped and confused. I often wish I could disappear or press a reset button and maybe choose another path and do much better one I have choosen.
@Emmcat You are in a similar boat as me. I was a mechanical engineer for 25 years, and not to boast, but I was GOOD. Now I'm not very mobile, and I feel like a burden a lot too. I've figured out though, that as long as you are trying, most people don't mind. Just keep working at what you want. You have to do it for yourself more than anyone.
