Good at writing? Why not be an editor? Like to draw? Ever considered architecture? Jobs in the creative professions are becoming more common these days. Could you pursue your passion for a living?
R ivka Korf had taken an interest in graphic design since high school but after she got married she figured she’d get an easy part-time job just to pay the bills.
She was miserable.
“Creative people are just not going to be happy in a typical office job” says Korf 25 who lives in Florida. “We must try to figure out how to use our skills and talents to make parnassah. You have to do something you love. If you’re creative you should try to find a job in a creative field.”
Anne Koffsky an editor and art director at Behrman House Publishers in Springfield New Jersey heard a similar lament — from her children.
“I have two creative boys and one of them recently said to me ‘I have a choice of six jobs: I can be a rabbi, a caterer, a lawyer, a doctor, an accountant or a teacher ’ ” says Koffsky. “This is the world in which he grows up. When he goes to shul he doesn’t necessarily see anyone who does anything other than those six professions for a living.”
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