Career Change Update

Interior design is my passion – so I’ve decided to take the next steps to make it my career.  Today I met with admissions at FIDM – Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising – to discuss their Associate of Arts in Interior Design.  I know that I want to be an interior designer, and I am at a point where I am fully willing to do what it takes to become one – be it school, internships or being someone’s assistant.  It will certainly be a change of pace and is what some might call a bit of a speedbump… but I know that this is what I want, and I’d rather take a minute to slow down now, rather than later when life gets more complicated.  I’m excited! 

This excerpt from my admissions essay sums up this whole career change... 

"Childhood evolved into adulthood and I took a different path.  I chose what I thought to be a practical degree in college and began a career in sales and marketing that lead to disappointment.  The creativity that I thought I would enjoy in marketing lacked the opportunity for artistic ingenuity.  While I appreciate the business savvy that I have developed through my sales experience, I’ve come to the understanding that it is not how I want to spend my professional life.  

What I now understand is that there is no such thing as a practical path or a practical career - it has become clear to me that a successful career is driven by a sincere desire to work in a particular industry, in a certain position.  I now see that passions and hobbies need not remain pastimes; they can be livelihood as well.  There is no better way to drive a career into success than by truly enjoying it.  At a turning point in my life, having just moved states and married, I have decided that I will not waste any more time working in a field that I do not love.  My passion is pure, simple, beautiful design, and I want to make it my career".

So – stay tuned for what happens… who knows what this meeting will lead to!

xxx