So this past year has been fairly chaotic and confusing for me. I'm 19 and I don't know what I am going to do with my life. At this point I am torn between the Air Force (which I am working to lose weight for in case that's the path I decide to take) and pursuing my art and making the stories I've been writing for the past eight years into something more.

Pros and cons for either:
Air Force -
Pros:
Lifetime guarantee of a career until which time I decide it is right to retire, at which time I will be able to live off of my retirement.
Will be able to afford anything I want to buy for myself
Will be able to support my family if they need me to
Won't have to worry about how well the economy is doing and how it will effect my way of life
Will be able to sponsor children in other countries instead of having my own, just like I want to do.
Will be required to stay healthy, and so will do so.
Will have the money to fly my parents out to see me whenever they want.
Cons:
Won't see my family as often as my mom wants me to (meaning every day or at least five times a week)
Will have to work vacation time around the government's schedule for me, and can't quit because I don't like it.
Will have to live where they tell me whether I like it or not, and will have to move wherever I get stationed in whatever time frame they give me to get there.
Will probably have a lot of things broken and ruined by the people the military hires to pack and move all of my fragile stuff X|

Pursuing Art -
Pros:
If it works out, I'll be able to do what I love <3
I can stay at home until I get married, and will be able to move around wherever my family goes or stay in places I like.
Would probably end up going to conventions and meeting AWESOME people
Can expand my skills and teach other people what I know, making the art community a fuller and better place.
Will become an awesomeful artist and finally get what I have to share out into the hands and hearts of others.
Will be able to stay close to the people I know and love around here.
Cons:
I'll always be worried whether or not I will be able to afford to do all the things I need
As people have less money to spend on extra fun stuff, my art sales will go down.
There is no guarantee that I can pull off the whole artist thing and live off of it.
I won't be able to sponsor as many children overseas, and will probably have to go without a lot of things.

I could think of other things, but I need to go now. I'm volunteering at my favorite place in town - The Library!