*grins* Of course, my quip about Bob Ross was very tongue-in-cheek. I expect that he would have been genuinely supportive, happy, and proud of anyone’s attempts at creative expression.
>> If it’s alright to ask… <<
It’s always alright. I see it as part of the point of these posts. It’s one thing to reflect on things and to write about them, but interaction with others can bring more aspects to the surface that weren’t captured in the original post, or possibly even thought about.
Why didn’t I pursue this as a career? The honest (and slightly heartbreaking) answer is that it wasn’t until I wrote that paragraph last night, that I actually realized that this was a path I could have followed, and been passionate about for all these years. At the time, this was just a hobby, something to pass the time when there was nothing else to do. I would have had it on a list along side jigsaw puzzles, legos, and building model cars - not things that I would ever look at in the context of being careers. Oddly enough, this is something that I have picked back up in the past couple of years, although not quite in the same fashion. Instead of imagining a floor plan from scratch, I’ve been taking existing floor plans and modifying them with things that I see as improvements, such as room arrangements, kitchen and bathroom layouts, even tile patterns. Computers make it so much easier too.
I made the point earlier that I don’t regret the choices I made in life, and that still holds true. But until yesterday I didn’t even realize that this could have been an option, and that’s the part that kinda stings a bit.
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Date: 2021-07-02 05:35 am (UTC)>> If it’s alright to ask… <<
It’s always alright. I see it as part of the point of these posts. It’s one thing to reflect on things and to write about them, but interaction with others can bring more aspects to the surface that weren’t captured in the original post, or possibly even thought about.
Why didn’t I pursue this as a career? The honest (and slightly heartbreaking) answer is that it wasn’t until I wrote that paragraph last night, that I actually realized that this was a path I could have followed, and been passionate about for all these years. At the time, this was just a hobby, something to pass the time when there was nothing else to do. I would have had it on a list along side jigsaw puzzles, legos, and building model cars - not things that I would ever look at in the context of being careers. Oddly enough, this is something that I have picked back up in the past couple of years, although not quite in the same fashion. Instead of imagining a floor plan from scratch, I’ve been taking existing floor plans and modifying them with things that I see as improvements, such as room arrangements, kitchen and bathroom layouts, even tile patterns. Computers make it so much easier too.
I made the point earlier that I don’t regret the choices I made in life, and that still holds true. But until yesterday I didn’t even realize that this could have been an option, and that’s the part that kinda stings a bit.