Hello everybody! My name is SmyLee :)

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Hello everybody! My name is SmyLee :). It is actually spelled with the emoticon at the end. I received the nickname while I was working at a construction site last summer.

I wanted to be an English major. I have always loved writing and I knew it was my passion way before entering college, but due to what my family viewed was best for me I am majoring in civil engineering. During my second year, I was not allowed to register for classes due to financial reasons. For the semester I was gone, which is currently going on, I took a very deep introspection. I felt that my life was not going anywhere and that I was just living. I was living without an ultimate goal or purpose. I had no dreams of being rich, or famous, or anything. My dream was to bring ultimate happiness to my family and that was all I cared about. One day I decided to close my ears and open my heart. I no longer liked being the epitome of what everyone else wants to be or wanted to be.

I do not know what turned me on to writing. My theory is that it was my constant daydreaming, which is what I call The Writer's Puberty. Over time I constantly wrote my dreams and thoughts on flashcards. It became captivating. I would wake up during the middle of my sleep and just write out these amazing dreams and ideas I had on flashcards. Eventually I decided to write out my dreams, and I have never had so much fun in my life!

My teachers and professors always praised my writings and wondered why I was in an engineering school and that I had talent and potential. Whenever I was given a writing assignment I put all my feelings into it. It was like my soul was breathing through my fingertips.

So now here I am! If you have read this far, I truly appreciate it. I have finally decided to follow my dream, and I see no regrets in them.

To sum up a portion of my life story that was previously mentioned, I would like to say Hello! Heaven truly does exist on earth.
 

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Hi SmyLee :) and welcome to AW. There's lots of information here on becoming a professional writer, so perhaps it will help you convince your family that it's a real, and realistic, career.
 

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Welcome Smylee :)! Glad to see you put down the drafting paper and picked up the pen!! It's always more fun living your own dreams as opposed to someone else's.
 

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Civil engineering and creative writing are not mutually exclusive--and one's likely to get you a job which will support you quite nicely while you hone the other craft until you're so good and make so many sales you can quit...

So study what you study, and write when you can. You could have a win-win thing going, you know? We're glad to welcome you here and support the writing half however we can.

Maryn, whose niece is a civil engineer earning more than her dad
 

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Civil engineering and creative writing are not mutually exclusive--and one's likely to get you a job which will support you quite nicely while you hone the other craft until you're so good and make so many sales you can quit...

So study what you study, and write when you can. You could have a win-win thing going, you know? We're glad to welcome you here and support the writing half however we can.

Maryn, whose niece is a civil engineer earning more than her dad

Oh yes I know that Maryn, I am still doing Civil Engineering. I eventually fell in love with it too. I know that I will be very successful in both fields :)
 

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Hi SmyLee :) ! Yes, day jobs can be annoying nuisances when you want to get some serious writing done, but they do help keep the lights on...

Welcome, and good luck with both career tracks! :hooray:
 

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Hi Smylee :) think you got here b4 me though.
 

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Hey Smylee :) Our parents have the same idea--and, like you, I'm going to follow through in a few years with both a biology or neuropsychology major and a minor in creative writing.

Hope to see you around the boards! Be careful...they're addicting!
 
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