Interior Design

As you may know, I was laid off from my photography job last September. I still take photos, but not as much as I used to.

I have been working in an office since last October. I enjoy the job and my co-workers, but it feels like something's missing. As a child, I was always drawing or coloring. Art was always involved in my life. Took art all four years of high school and earned awards. My whole college career was spent in the art building. I started working at the newspaper when I was a junior in college. I was hired full time a year after graduation. My work life was taking photos or using Photoshop. I was depressed after I got laid off. I really didn't feel like picking up my camera. For the last 14 years, my camera was my life.

Now that some time has passed, I'm starting to get the itch to be creative again. I have been watching a lot of HGTV, DIY and reading magazines. Watching and looking at designers change everything about a space and make it better has given me something. I really can't describe the exact feeling, but it does make me happy. I just love how bits and pieces of things are pulled together and create something beautiful.

I decided to enroll in an online Interior Design course. It is self paced and it should take about six months to a year to finish. If I really enjoy it, I'm thinking I will go back to college to earn a degree in it. I'm a little reluctant to do that because I'm so close to having my original student loan paid off. But if I want to pursue ID as a career, I really need a degree.

So here is the start of a new journey for me. I love to be creative and I hope I fall in love with this.