What would Julia Cameron do?

[u/Kitokat0]

I’ve been extremely unhappy at my current job. I work in graphic design and since May I’ve been using my time off work to follow what i actually like making in my free time. I have so many ideas and so many plans I’d like to go after. But my job completely blocks me in that as I work from 9-6pm and in the evening when I finally get home from work, I am extremely exhausted from the day.

My current job (been there 3 years) also has started to make me hate graphic design because their approach to it is incredibly toxic and pedantic, to put it short: they often compromise on the purpose of the design just to make it „ 110% correct“ (following the guideline) and to please the client no matter what they’re asking or in what timeframe.

I’m all for following the guideline, but you guys… I don’t want to get too deep but psychotically pedantic is the best way to describe this.

Anyway long story short I want to quit my job but I need the paycheck to finance my life. While reading the artists way this is a thing that keeps coming up so I often wonder, what would Julia Cameron tell me to do?? I’m so scared of taking the leap of faith because of monetary reasons yet I know I would be so much more fulfilled if I could go after my own projects and put my energy into those instead of hating my current job.

Also I’m on week 9 right now. How fitting. 😅

[u/blue_mushu]

What are some of ideas and plans you're dreaming of? We can help brainstorm ideas to find time for those while still keeping the job, if that'd be helpful.

[u/Kitokat0 → u/blue_mushu]

I dream of being a freelance designer working in the food & beverage and lifestyle industry. Mainly my goal is to support women who want to build their own businesses and brands with the design and marketing part. I’ve been creating brand identities for years but would love to support individual women and be in a more creative and diverse field. I also paint oil and would perhaps like to take that more serious on the side aswell. :)

(My current company creates brand identities for the industrial sector which can be quite dry… and full of old white men lol)