1. Don't abandon your middle school dreams: go to art school for animation. However, to save yourself a crippling amount of debt that no elected official will ever waiver, get your course requirements out of the way at a community college close to home and transfer immediately.
1a. When you get to that art school (if they even accept you to begin with), guard your ideals with your life. Lefties everywhere, be they teachers or fellow students, will try to shame and demean you. You'll learn in like 6 months that your views do not reflect the majority of kids in your environment at all, so prepare for the worst.
2. Don't be vocal about your low self-esteem. It will enable your insecurities and you won't be willing to take risks. It'll never help you get laid either.
3. Recognize that you have an envy problem. Don't let it control you, and don't let it discourage you from posting art.
4. IT'S 2013 BUY BITCOIN NAO