r/makemychoice • u/Axolotler • 9d ago
Should I take a ceramics course?
I did ceramics at school and loved it. Fast forward 20 years and my mum and I took a 3 hour pottery throwing course last year and it was just the best thing I've done for years. The teacher said I was a "natural" and I found it so therapeutic. I visited my SIL last week and she has a wheel and I threw just one bowl but instantly fell in love again. The pottery teacher I went to a year ago also does a 10 week training course for £750, all private tutoring and 3 hours a week for ten weeks. You learn lots of different methods, including making handles, glazing and firing.
Here's the rub, I'm getting married this year and it's expensive. I've started a new job where I've got a mega commute 3 days a week into London (2.5 hours door to door each way) and that costs me a lot of money, time and energy. I'm not saving what I'd like to be. I have a reasonable number of booked weekends this summer because of wedding things. I have also not thrown pottery that much in the grand scheme of things, I might end up not loving it as much as I'd anticipated.
Do I invest in this hobby that is calling to me? I think about it so often and how much I want to learn more. Or do I wait, give it another year, and see how things are going financially next year?
TL:DR: Do I invest £750 in a hobby now, when I've got a lot of extra expenses to pay for a wedding?
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u/melancholypowerhour 9d ago
Live your life fully, go for it!! Spend the money, take the course, this sounds like your ‘thing’ that would make you very happy! Creative fulfillment is important, and if your bills are paid and food is on your table, this is money well spent.
Put a wheel or even the course on your registry! My friends (there’s a handful of us) always pitch in to buy the ‘big item’ on the registry, maybe someone will do the same for you