u/Constant-Ad3780

Hi, I know this is not the usual post but I just have been thinking about this so much I don't know what to do. For context, I am currently going into my 2nd year of Health Science major and I want to pursue medicine. I am writing a research paper for a lab over the summer and doing graphic design for a different lab. Throughout the entirety of high school, I wanted to pursue art and go to art school in the US for concept art. Among my peers I was always considered very talented (not trying to brag!) and everyone always said I would be wasting it if I didn't go into art. However, I started to lose interest and doubt myself after drawing every day to make a portfolio, and although my parents supported me by paying for me to go to quite an expensive art class I still ended up completely changing directions and going into my second choice. Additionally, my aunts and uncles were not very supportive and especially with AI up and coming, concept art did not seem like a viable job option (it honestly still is not since there are very little job openings even in LA which is considered a very good place for concept artists to live). However, when I look back on this I realise that I may not ahve had the mindset of pushing through with my portfolio to get to my goals, but instead just quit the hard part... Any way, I had always liked Biology and I really enjoyed by anatomy/physiology class, so I decided to pursue medicine. I was pretty set on this and applied to only "pre-med" or health science programs, getting into all of them except Mac health sci. I do like my university a lot and I have made some great friends and memories here, but even after being in the program for a month I was up at night thinking about what programs I could switch to because in my mind, I didn't feel satisfied without doing some sort of art in my career. Additionally, my study habits have always bee very last minute and I know this is something I need to change, but it did take a toll on my GPA and I'm not sure if I can keep it up to get into a med school. I know that getting into med school is a lot of hard work and maybe I just need to really push myself harder, and that's one of the reasons I'm not sure if going back to art is just another way for me to escape. This feeling kind of came and went throughout the year, and now it's coming back in the form of going to any art school to train to become a tattoo artist?? I really don't want to switch again as my parents already paid so much for the initial art class and now my uni (tuition, flight tickets and rent). I brought it up to my parents and they are also not too happy and said if I switch, this is the final time. I understand because I feel like I just am quitting when things feel difficult and instead of enduring the hardship I am avoiding it instead. I know I need to work on my mindset the most because I think it is what is holding me back from fully excelling in either path, but I really just don't know which decision to make and what to stick with and apply that new mindset to. I'm really not sure what I should do and any help or advice is appreciated :)

TL;DR: did art in hs, changed my mind and went into a health science program to do med, now unsure and may want to do art but parents already spent a lot of money, may just be a repeat of "escaping" the most difficult part of the career

Hi, I know this is not the usual post but I just have been thinking about this so much I don't know what to do. For context, I am currently going into my 2nd year of Queen's Health Sci and I want to pursue medicine. I am writing a research paper for a lab over the summer and doing graphic design for a different lab. Throughout the entirety of high school, I wanted to pursue art and go to art school in the US for concept art. Among my peers I was always considered very talented (not trying to brag!) and everyone always said I would be wasting it if I didn't go into art. However, I started to lose interest and doubt myself after drawing every day to make a portfolio, and although my parents supported me by paying for me to go to quite an expensive art class I still ended up completely changing directions and going into my second choice. Additionally, my aunts and uncles were not very supportive and especially with AI up and coming, concept art did not seem like a viable job option (it honestly still is not since there are very little job openings even in LA which is considered a very good place for concept artists to live). However, when I look back on this I realise that I may not ahve had the mindset of pushing through with my portfolio to get to my goals, but instead just quit the hard part... Any way, I had always liked Biology and I really enjoyed by anatomy/physiology class, so I decided to pursue medicine. I was pretty set on this and applied to only "pre-med" or health science programs, getting into all of them except Mac health sci. I do like Queens a lot and I have made some great friends and memories here, but even after being in the program for a month I was up at night thinking about what programs I could switch to because in my mind, I didn't feel satisfied without doing some sort of art in my career. Additionally, my study habits have always bee very last minute and I know this is something I need to change, but it did take a toll on my GPA and I'm not sure if I can keep it up to get into a med school. I know that getting into med school is a lot of hard work and maybe I just need to really push myself harder, and that's one of the reasons I'm not sure if going back to art is just another way for me to escape. This feeling kind of came and went throughout the year, and now it's coming back in the form of going to any art school to train to become a tattoo artist?? I really don't want to switch again as my parents already paid so much for the initial art class and now Queens (I'm from BC so I pay domestic fees and rent). I brought it up to my parents and they are also not too happy and said if I switch, this is the final time. I understand because I feel like I just am quitting when things feel difficult and instead of enduring the hardship I am avoiding it instead. I know I need to work on my mindset the most because I think it is what is holding me back from fully excelling in either path, but I really just don't know which decision to make and what to stick with and apply that new mindset to. I'm really not sure what I should do and any help or advice is appreciated :)

TL;DR: did art in hs, changed my mind and went into a health science program to do med, now unsure and may want to do art but parents already spent a lot of money, may jsut be a repeat of "escaping" the most difficult part of the career

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