The pursuit of happiness

They say life is the journey not the destination, although I can't say I completely understand that. I have a similar problem to you actually divest. I'm looking into fields of work that may not necessarily give me an equal amount of return for my efforts. The required standards are so high, and at the same time few are willing to train you or give you a chance without throwing a large cash sum at them (can't say I know of many England based webdesign or graphic design companies without their standards being through the roof).

I've got to be honest and say the criticism is a killer for me, I've been near the top of my classes for some time now and yet outside of it I'm lucky if professionals will even give me the time of day let alone a job interview, which leaves me thinking who am I supposed to believe and is my multimedia diploma worth anything at all? I remember at one point people watching me working like I was some kind of street artist, but the last year or so felt like dejavu, wasting my time with old knowledge and writing reports about the projects twice as big and detailed as the project itself. Despite all the promise at the rate I'm going, I'm probably going to have to do something else while still working on my skills in those areas at best.

I guess the rule of thumb for everyone is deciding what you want and what you're willing to do to get it, it's more of a individual case thing if it's actually worth pursuing sometimes. The sad truth is someone born into a rich family for example has more chance to do whatever they want then the average joe ever will.

How ya doing, buddy?