Mis-spent Youth
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about my late childhood. From the time when my family got our first computer, up until the time I got my driver’s license, I spent a huge amount of time messing around in MS Paint. I would spend time designing jersey’s, doing very primitive “photoshop,” and creating little comic strips. I would stay up all night creating thing for no one in particular, only my own gratification and entertainment.
Now, I’m 24, and I’m being paid to do what I did about 10 years or so ago. Of course, there’s a higher level of thinking involved today, and other stipulations, but I never would have thought I could make a career out of something I found fun. My father wasn’t good at holding down a job, and I guess my model for what I thought a job was supposed to be was very negative.
I’ve been lucky to never have a lack of support from my family. There wasn’t even a struggle in my decision to further my education at the Portfolio Center. I feel very fortunate to be where I am today, thanks to everyone that helped me get where I am now.