Grace Beverley

Every girl that can do both.

I've always been a bit of a slow mover with my big life decisions.

Gap year, first job at 19, taking five years to finish my degrees.

You do say plural, though.

So now that graduation is actually here, I feel like the pressure to figure it all out has hit me all at once.

Here's my dilemma.

I loved every single one of my fine art classes and I know I want to do something creative, but I have no idea what that actually looks like in a career.

I chose English as something practical to fall back on or potentially build on with grad school.

But over the past year, I've also gotten really into digital art and design using Procreate and Adobe.

Oh, great.

Oh, the software is available.

Oh, very sweet.

Sweet.

now i feel pulled in a million directions part of me wonders if i should pursue something like design properly part of me thinks i should keep studying and another part of me is like do i just get a stable nine to five and figure it out on the side i feel stuck between wanting to use my creativity in a meaningful way and being scared of choosing the wrong path or not being secure enough

I don't even know what jobs I should be looking for, let alone whether I need more education or just more real world experience.

So girls, what would you do in my position?

Do I commit to something creative and go all in or is it smarter to play it safe and explore alongside a stable job?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm big on that.

I also think that like, it's not always, they're not always two extremes.