Wow young Daunt! Look what good advice you are getting!
We are proud of you!
A Good Escape Plan.
by Daunt 34 Replies latest jw friends
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anewme
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Daunt
I want to mainly become a Concept Artist and a Matte Painter. Concept artist designs the vehicles, environments, and characters for movies and games and a Matte painter paints realistic environments for movies and stuff (You would be surprised how many movies use these folks even when there aren't a whole lot of them, see www.dylancolestudio.com). But for now mostly I just do life drawings of nudes and my own thing. Planning on trying to sell portraits for a side-job when I get a little bit more practice in.
And Im hopefully going to this School called Watts Atelier in Cali. I'm having doubts about going there since california cost your firstborn and a leg to live there, but I'm going to try. But the school is somewhat cheap and have excellent well-known instructors and Cali's the place for jobs. -
tetrapod.sapien
hey Daunt,
you're a really smart guy, i can tell just from reading your posts. so i think you'll do great, and also armed with the advice already contained in this thread. i wish i had your strength and will power when i was 17, my life would be different for sure. now i'm 28 and basically just starting where you are. you've got ten years on me, so use them well young jedi, LOL. but also make sure that you have a good time too. be cautious and studious, but enjoy cali, if you know what i mean.
your school options sound like a really good time, and i wish you all the best man.
cheerio old sport,
TS
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upside/down
Consider yourself LUCKY...I'm 40 and just now pulled my head out of my arse...
u/d (of the 20 years...felt like "life" class)
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Daunt
Ah thanks guys. I never really "believed" in this religion, I always wanted to have a life outside of it since most of the people in my congo were over 60. Mom always tried to encourage me to make friends with the JW kids but I would go years without even seeing a Jw person outside of the congregation. I was a "loner" when I didn't want to be a loner. Just couldn't stand all the JW talk and the not so original jokes that they're forced to say since they can't step over the line over even look in the line's direction. Just bore me, I loved the exciting life of the "worldlies and wicked ones", they still were in lines with the rules that were given and took even more responsibility than I or any other witness I met would have taken yet still kept their somewhat rebellious nature. I kind of step over the line when my parents were stepping over the line with me but overall I just have the "I wanna live" attitude.
But the thing that still shocked me though even after all of this, was how hard it was to accept that this wasn't the truth. I have NEVER felt that bad about anything, and I've went through month long fits of depression at times. I was numb for about a week after I learned it (from this site also) but I couldn't resist learning more.
I kind of wish I actually learned about the Truth about the troof earlier (Ha I was about 13-14 when I learned about it) so I could have started working on my life earlier, But, thanks again guys I have more conviction in leaving than ever before. Already have a bud that agreed to room with me. And partying will be happening, believe me. Turned down too many party opportunities in the past, need to make up time. But I will be sensible (to an extent) about it. -
metatron
Without your parents support, it'll be tough. You might want to put up a facade about still being a Witness so as to let them
adjust to your new ( free) status. Go to a meeting or two at some other congregation, just for appearances. Don't close any
doors in a desire for 'honesty'.
metatron
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love2Bworldly
Daunt--wish you much success on your adventures! You have gotten a lot of great advice here already, as a lot of us wasted too many years in that stupid religion.
Would like to concur with previous posts--stay out of debt as much as possible, get a roommate, get your college degree, move far away from your family if it helps you to be independent emotionally. Since you were not baptised, maybe they won't shun you but I wish you much luck with your family. You have come to the right place for support.
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M.J.
Just don't go over the deep end with your newfound freedom! You'll be playing right into all your family's negative expectations, as you seem to already know. I wish you the best.
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Daunt
oh MJ im going to pay extra close attention to that. Won't do drugs and will not even think about sex until a few months after I have everything in order. I'm just going to try and live a good life. Best revenge possible.
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jgnat
Very kewl, a fellow artist. In case your mind is not FULLY made up, here's another well thought-of college, sponsored by Disney.