the art of balance S ince we were young we were taught to follow our dreams. From every Disney movie to every teacher, the thing that makes us most happy and driven is what we were pushed to aspire towards. Yet somewhere between college and early adulthood, everything switched. The idea of being “realistic” with our goals became common advice, and passion and dreams were described as childish and unwise to invest in. Rather than settling for this perspective, the millennial generation normalized the concept of doing it all. Today, so many people balance a full-
BY RAMONA ROBERTS
time job that offers security and a side hustle that fulfills a passion–but we don’t always balance the two. I talked to BET producer and painter Tiffany Nicole, to get her perspective on the art of balance and the struggle we face in choosing between our happiness and our safety net. “I’ve always been interested in art,” she said when explaining her love for the expression. “Pretty much my whole life, even when I was a young kid in art class, art has always been something that I gravitated towards. So it’s definitely something that I’ve been passionate about for a long time.” Surprisingly, Tiffany didn’t start her painting ca-
