To Draw or not To Draw

Dear artery. I am having serious motivational issues at the moment. I love my job and I really want to work but the problem is that I just cant face up to it and have no energy to do anything related to it. My family have been on at me to give it all up and get a proper job, but in the currnet climate its not an option, but the pressure is really starting to get to me and I don't know what to do!

Should I keep working at my dream career until it pays out, or should I just pack it all in now and try and find a desk job that will pay from day one?

- from Confused Artist

Dear Confused Artist

your motivational issues could be down to your family continuously telling you to get a really job. now if this is what you really want to do for living then i say go for it let your parents know that you are not going to back away from things and you would like there support and may be that is why you cant face up to doing anything with this work too now not having any energy to do any work could also be from your family having a go at you for this and the stress of it all is causing your brain to shut down on any ideas you may come up with what you need to do is for get about what your family is saying and do it because it makes you feel good about your self. But if you think you could benefit from having a 9 to 5 job then i advise you to see one just to keep the family off your back and you can have the drawings as a side line ask your self this would you be more happy working on your drawings of sat at a desk in some office?

yours, Artery

Alreet?

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