I'm 19, from the UK, doing a film degree that I hate because most of it feels pointless. (I cannot be fucked with analysis or the history of US cinema) - but I do love making films, acting, editing. All that jazz. I'm not really sure what I want to be yet. Something creative is all I can tell.

Is it really as hard as people say to have a good income as a creative person? Is my degree entirely pointless? Should I drop out? Right now I feel like I'm sauntering through life and I want to avoid the real world by doing school shit for as long as I can. What a fucking stupid existence.

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    4 years ago

    Took a theatre degree. Got a second degree as a backup. Both failed. Life is hard when you're broke and have no connections lol. When things were good I had regular work and connects to mad spots all over town. Now im kind of fucked bc of coronam

    I would say this. There is a ton of money to be made in entertaining ppl. Ppl will say, "oh there's no money doing art"-- and while that's true, ppl will also give you every single dollar they have to be entertained. Find some simple content you can make, make a ton of it, and go on to the next thing.

    Have you considered building a Twitch account? It's basically on camera work and you can create a community around your vibe and on your own schedule. Having ppl to actually show your work to is literally such an insane difference. Back when I was writing regularly, I had an insane output with access to regular readers and editors thru my classmates and teachers