Well my major is Interior Design - which is defintiely NOT interior decoration - sorry but people often assume that's it's just picking fabric and paint and I assure you that it is soooo much more. It's really like interior architecture and we learn all about construction (I could tell you how to build just about anything) and lighting (how to calculate the lumens needed to know how many of what kinds of lights at what wattage you need depending on the application) and much much more. We do a lot of computer work. Anyhow that's just a little background of some of what we learn.
With that in mind though I'm really kind of open to what I do from here. Last semester I was really about ready to drop out of school and do something else becauase I think the stress was getting to me and so were the "re-entry woes" that the study abroad people claim you'll have when you come back to the states and your normal life though I was quite sure I wouldn't get. But I got to thinking about what I'd really love to do most right now and I think it would be to open up a candy/bakery type shop that has other crafty stuff in it too as I'm quite a crafty person. That would be my dream one day.
But I've regrouped since my breakdown in the fall and realized that after this summer I just have one more semester and then I'll be doing an internship starting in January and since I'm so close and I've done ALL the work I may as well graduate with a degree and from there I'll have a lot of options whether it be in interior design or not. I've realized I could do product design, textile design, industrial design, lighting design...the list goes on and on..and all the stuff I've learned I could apply to so much and I think that really helped to realize that especially since Interior Design was something I've wanted to do since I was in 5th grade and I couldn't give up so suddenly.
LOL this is long...but I've been thinking about all this so much lately as January 06 gets closer and closer and a lot of life changing decisions will have to be made by then when I decide a route to take things. I can't decide!! I just hope that the right job presents itself and that it will all work itself out and I'll know it when it calls my name. But I do have to have a hand making it happen.
If I chose to really do interior design though I would definintely like to pursue commercial or hospitality design (hotels, restaurants, retail stuff, etc.) and work for a company that designs internationally so that I can travel (the travel bug has bit me hard). And then I have my whole purse thing and then I can't decide if I should go for a masters and in what exactly, or if I should find a job somewhere and go to culinary school part time and go down that path. AH! It probably sounds conceited, but my whole life I've been good at just about everything I've ever tried and I've come to find that that makes it hard to choose sometimes!
Haha I think this confused thinking-out-loud post has gone on long enough. Clearly I have lots to think about!
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- sorry but people often assume that's it's just picking fabric and paint and I assure you that it is soooo much more. It's really like interior architecture and we learn all about construction (I could tell you how to build just about anything) and lighting (how to calculate the lumens needed to know how many of what kinds of lights at what wattage you need depending on the application) and much much more. We do a lot of computer work. Anyhow that's just a little background of some of what we learn.
