My is the path of stubbornness.

My Conquest is the Sea of Stars. (The name of an anime film.)

I know that many people sooner or later meet with reality, accept that they will never meet their dreams and settle down doing what they don't really want to do. I am fortunate in a way. Reality hit me many times but I keep on pushing and struggling to reach my dreams. Over the years some of those dreams changed. If I remember right as a kid I wanted to be a police man or have several horses and ride them all day. Those ideas ended quickly but I still pursue my later dreams to this day. I have been making art for 8(?) years already. During that time I only sold 5 pieces and 1 NFT. Not nearly enough for me to get any profits because that didn't even cover cost of my materials and tools. So essentially I spend 8 years working for free. I also so far have not cashed out any of my Hive earnings. Instead I invested into Hive what little money I had. In some of my art pieces I believe that I spend hundreds of hours. And yet I was not able to sell them, A rational/thinking person would have seen that as a sign that he can't do it.( like my classmate who stopped making music). Luckily for me I never claimed to be too rational. So I keep making art and trying new things. Woodburning, traditional art on canvas, Digital art...I tried it all. My newest idea is making manga. Others would likely not even try that at my age and do something they are not passionate for instead. But I am a stubborn fool. So I keep hitting my head against the wall...And I believe that after all those years I am beginning to see a few cracks...in the wall and not in my head. In my romantic life I also tried to pursue some romances that had little to no chance of happening. Perhaps I am just a stubborn fool. That is what surprises me most about myself. Or perhaps my stubbornness and hard work has a bit of genius to them? Either way that doesn't matter. My Conquest is the Sea of Stars.... I may fail time and time again. I may not live long enough to conquer those stars...But as long as I am alive I will keep shooting at the stars and refuse to settle down. That is what I still believe after 8 years of fighting to achieve my dreams.

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