because whats the alternative? i ask you and you stare up at the ceiling for a minute, then you look back at me with panic in your eyes. that's why.

why not

Because I KNOW I have something worthwhile to say to anyone who will stop what they're doing and give me 10 minutes of genuine listening. Saying something is the easy part...its the Listening part that's the really hard part. and I can make ANYTHING...better than it was before I came upon it. That, and I'd like to make some "fuck you" money.

Because we "NEED" it. The creative outlet, the idea that what you do changes or influenses the world in some way. To look up and see a bill board or open a publication and say I did that!!! Even if your the only one who knows it... (Which you wont be because your bound to share it with everyone who will look). It has to be one of the greatest feelings in the world. Buddy's right though, it may be an out dated perception of the business, but really if you could do anything else what would it be? Something still in the creative industry? Where? Yes, there is that idea that the money could be good. It has to pay better then a cashier and be twice as rewarding. True, when I was let go from the agency I worked for I was crushed, not because of the pay check, but I LOVED the work. Disliked the latenights when they happened, the changes made when a client thought an idea was over the top, and the darn politics that sometimes come up when working on a project. But overall I relished every minute of the time I had.

It Hurts So Good...until you can no longer feel the pain. And, that sucks. It's kind of like how the average self-centered, greedy Republican still believes the GOP is fiscally conservative, and thus not wasteful. When in reality, that image could not be further from the truth. Republicans historically always spend more money than Democrats. Republicans waste more money than Democrats. Republicans borrow more money than Democrats. Republicans then drive our country into debt (more than Democrats) because they spend more money they don’t have. Real fiscally conservative, huh-WRONG!. . . . . . . . . . Same way with the out dated perception of the advertising business. It appears to be one thing, when in reality it is something completely different. And, that difference is not good. If I had it to do all over again, I would do something else.--- How did I get in the advertising business, connections; the fix was in. Why, did I get in the advertising business; the dream that wasn’t real. Why am I still in the advertising business? I make a lot of money, but don’t let that be another hopeless hope; most don’t.