I’ve been in post secondary for a while. I have already have a diploma in Graphic Design, but I didn’t bother getting a career in it because I do not that much patience with computers. I now go to university for art history, so that I can teach it for Graphic Design students.
I feel as though school is really inhibiting things that I want to do. These things are moving out of my parents house, and focusing my attention on crating clothes and acessories, and really trying hard to make money off of it. I have a friend who does this. She’s not making too much money right now, but she is really admired for her work. I want that to be me too. I’ve always made clothes for my dolls when I was growing up and in my preteens, I made a lot of jewelery and clothes. When I go shopping, sometimes, I buy clothes AND craft supplies in one visit because most of the clothes in the stores are too plain for my taste, so I do a lot of alterations. I even bought a sewing machine with money leftover from my student loan.
So what do you think? I dream about this…but it’s not education. Maybe I’m not much of an academic person or I’m getting impatient about graduating?
Please help?
Being able to make something is half the dream. The other half is being able to market what you make, at a profit good enough to let you live off it. Can you line up customers, take orders, fill them?
If you can make a living by making clothes, then go for it.
Good luck, entrepreneur!
==> There is a downside to leaving school. The other purpose behind going to college is to find the guy you’re going to marry. Think twice before quitting school.
if you ask is it worth it … it is really about how much you like it… i mean.. if you like it so much, can you over come the feeling of been poor which you have almost no money to spent.. as wat you said they don’t make much money. So what i would do is to stay in the university, and do the crating clothes on the little bit of extra time you have and check out how it sells… if you find that you can actually make a living with it and you feel really happy after you do it, than go ahead and drop UC but just a reminder… once you make the decision of dropping out… you won’t be able to GO back.