I'm Smart.

I can relate to you, down to my love of music (i play the guitar and piano), and my love for art (watercoloring)and photography which I post on my deviant art account. I do well in school, but I don't join clubs nor do I have many friends,because i don't have many interests. Truthfully, people give me a hard time so i do everything on my own. I'm about to go to college and all my parents tell me is to at least get a science degree. Its their great plan for me to be a doctor. I'm suprised how much we have in common.







I can't give you any advice, but I will tell you how I found my 'dream'. I've been socially isolated ever since I was young because of my eczema. I went through a lot of emotional and physical struggles because of my condition. I will say that the isolation was the spark for my creative outlet, and I found ways to entertain myself by art and music. However, it also made it hard for me to have friends. I have only a few friends, and they are the ones that can cope my cold-at-first nature. I am a nice person if people take the time to get to know me. I do try to open up, but I have no tolerance for ill behavior.



Anyway, my eczema is worse than ever. My hair is falling out and I'm covered in old and new scars. I decided to pursue into the field of Dermatology. I was a feeble child who grew up around doctors and white walls. I've have been learning about skin unintentionally, and gained years of natural knowledge. My lifestyle became my profession. That's how I was able to find a career. It wasn't a fascination I picked up, but it was something I find important. I think having healthy skin makes life easier. I was never able to experiance a normal childhood because of it. I want heal kids like me, since I can relate to them at a personal level.



Once again, this isolation due to many little things (interests in nothing, and lack of friends) summed up into time in the world to just....study. Seriously, I get so bored I pull out a textbook, so getting myself to study isn't hard for me. This of course made me ahead of class and have high grades. I wish I knew the secret for finding a passion that could also keep me finacially stabled. I guess I was lucky to have my eczema, because I do find it important to me. It's not a passion, but it sure is a promising career and made my parents happy that its a science major. It's funny how my struggle became something to pursue in. Still, although eczema pointed me in a direction towards my furture, it still PAINFULLY sucks. Gosh I wish I was never born with this condition, but it did made me into the art loving intolerant genuis I am today.



I don't expect my words to help you, but I just want to share how I was able to find my own path. It's the least I could do to another genius who is also having a hard time finding thier future. I'm still shocked how much we have in common. I also had the talk about how art and music will not land me a good job etc., and I'm not as talented like other artists. Wehave the same situation, but I had my eczema to help me find a career. i hope you find yours soon. I'm about to go to college so i'm glad I finally know what I want to major in (even though it was last minute). Continue doing well in school. I hope you can find a niche that you happen to interest you as well take you far in life. :)

Your father is right; you have plenty of time to find your way in the world. Often, it's those who take longer to figure it out who wind up with the most interesting careers.



If, after a couple more years, you still have no idea, you can either go to college, a good place to discover more options in life, or you can join the military, another place where you will find some new options and maybe some job training.



I once had a friend who considered herself lazy and said she did not like to do anything. When I met her, she had married the wrong man, had two kids with him, then wound up on welfare when her man got arrested, convicted and sentenced for a felony. She once told me, "The only thing I like to do is party!" Now, many years later, she is a party event planner running her own very successful company.



I had another friend whose brother once told me, in regard to his ne'er do well sister, "The only thing she knows how to do is her nails!" I suggested he spend some money sending her to manicuring school; she got her manicurist license and she is now working at a job she loves at a resort in Sedona, doing rich ladies' nails.



Believe me, there IS something you can do. If you observe yourself and you are honest, you may figure out what it is. If, after a lot of thinking and some years of self-observation, you still can't come up with anything you want to do.....get any job, save your money, and buy a laundramat--it's the easiest job in the world and will leave you plenty of time to relax while making a decent living.