HELP!!! They Want my Creativity!!!

I know what it's like to be born with a hyperactive imagination- I have had one as far back as I can remember.
It was only a matter of time of me having to learn how to read and write, and the rest was history- I was absolutely smitten and in love.
And so, as a child, I always envisioned myself sitting anywhere with a notebook and a pen, scribbling away as if my life depended upon it. During my teens, when I became a social outcast and the black sheep of the family, I consoled myself with the thought that I would be alone most of the time writing, and that as long as I had books, notebooks and pens, I would be more than alright- I would someday be a writer.
But then, life happened!

My Grade 11 teacher was the first person who broke my spirit in terms of the faith I had in myself, completely causing me to doubt the talent I thought I had up until then.
My fragility made me completely weak, and so I continued to work hard on my academics, leaving my writing behind.
I am not sure why so much focus is put into grooming children into thinking that they need to stick to safe and secure, traditional jobs in order to find and maintain a stable lifestyle when not all people are wired the same.

I ended up studying Journalism- at least it was a form of writing, I told myself. But the closer I got to my finals, the more I felt like the theory was draining me of being creative.
I guess I was too weak to stand up and fight for what I wanted from life back then, and so I got swept along and ended up in the typical 9-5 job- up until now.
There hasn't been a single day that has gone by where I haven't thought about how if I had been encouraged to pursue my dreams and hone by creativity, I could have found my place in society where I felt that I belonged, and even possibly created jobs for others, too.

Here's the thing though- there are people who are born for the corporate 9-5 jobs; there are people who thrive within the business world; there are people who feel about numbers the way I feel about writing; there are people who live off economics, that are excited with the stock markets.
And then there are people who are born with creativity.

I think it's easier to find a job within the service or office sector. But when you're creative, you'll never be truly happy unless you follow your passion and stick to the talent you were born with.

And so, as I work 9-5 to 'make ends meet', I make sure that I do not forget about my first love- writing.

It's important to set aside that time to be who you really are and to do what you feel that you were born to do.

You just never know when your passion and talent might become what it was always meant to be had you stuck to it in the first place.