Saturday, August 3, 2013

What career/subjects should a gifted English, art, and history student pursue? I excel at reading, writing, drawing and painting as well as...

You state that you excel at many different things; however, you don't mention any that you truly love. I have shared the same difficulty focusing on just one thing, because I have so many interests and am curious about many subjects. But, I think focusing on one thing is what most of the truly successful people in this world do, at least if you define success in the most common context of having a successful career.


The billionaire Warren Buffet has said something like this: Create a list of your 25 top interests. Now cross the bottom 20 off the list and concentrate on the top 5 for the rest of your life.


That advice seems a little extreme, but that is how the most successful people I know operate as well. You can always change your list down the road if you need change in life to make you happy.


Depression and anxiety are serious conditions. It's good that you are already self-aware enough that you recognize them and open enough that you can discuss them with others. Those are very good predictive factors in you minimizing the negative effects and consequences of a life-long illness.


My recommendation is to be open and creative and find what is best for your particular personality and physiology. I have experience teaching individuals suffering from mental illness, and no one is the same. Drugs may work for some, or therapy, natural supplements, hypnosis...do your research and explore. You will be more likely to stick with something if you are making the decisions, so long as your decisions are well-informed and not impulsive. It can be dangerous to switch treatment modalities too quickly or to stop or change prescription drug usage.


Back to answering your original question. If you are interested in technology, I think there are huge opportunities for those with talent in the creative arts. Animators and videographers are in great demand in both the business and entertainment world, and there are no signs of that slowing down. Writing can be a difficult field to make money in, but if you simply want to express yourself the number of outlets online is practically infinite. Follow up on every interest you have until you're not interested any longer, then move on. Eventually you'll have your list of top 5 things to focus on in life, but don't be in too big of a hurry to get there. You have many years left to make all your goals come true!

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