I JUST WANT TO FEED THE WHOLE WORLD PIE

[coffeebuddha]

I've come to some conclusions over the past couple of days after realizing that I hate, hate, hate my major--I love singing and always will, but studying it is quickly draining all the joy out of it--and the thought of going back to school in a month makes me feel physically ill. Basically, all I want to do with my life is make delicious baked goods that make people happy, sing songs that people think are pretty, and write stories that make people want to keysmash with glee.

All this to say, I'm seriously considering abandoning my music degree after this next semester and enrolling in the culinary program at a local technical college for a semester or two to see if I'm less miserable doing that. I've taken cooking classes in the past and, unlike with music, I actually enjoy learning all the little technical things that make it work, and there's something satisfying about making something tangible that I can taste and know whether or not it's shit, unlike with singing where I'm never satisfied with the results.

Comments

[starscythe.livejournal.com]

All your Ryan & Espo stories always make me keysmash with glee!

I think that there's no point ever doing anything that doesn't make you happy. Life is too short!

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

&hearts Thank you, bb.

Very much agreed. The only thing is that I've sunk so much time and money into this degree at this point that I think my parents might legit disown and/or kill me if I quit, regardless of my feelings on the matter.

[starscythe.livejournal.com]

can't you carry your credits over to a new topic or get a combined degree? not really sure how it works over there...

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

I could, but I'd still be studying something I wasn't interested in and I don't need a minor with my major, so I'd still be in for about the same amount of time taking nonmusic classes, which, coincidentally, is about how long it would take me to complete the culinary program.

I just want to bake delicious pastries. That's an admirable life goal, right?

[cookieplays.livejournal.com]

There are more jobs available for chefs than singers, too 6.6

Whatever you do, do what you love, right? I don't know if this is helpful at all, but some things are only fun when you don't have to do them; maybe music is like that for you, like writing is for me.

Don't stress, bb ♥ You'll be excellent at whatever you do.

[coffeebuddha.livejournal.com]

This is very true, though I was planning on going into the research/archiving/library aspect of music, which is slightly less competative. But still, it's not exactly a huge job market.

The thing with music is that I love actually performing and just singing, but I can't stand the theory or the analysis or pretty much anything involved in the actual study of it. Cooking on the other hand? I can spend hours watching shows like Foodogrophy and Good Eats, I see a recipe and I want to pick it apart and see if I can't make it better, and I love trying to figure out what flavors go well together and what just doesn't work.

&hearts Thank you, hun.