I'm a designer/Art Director also......was working for a shitty web marketing agency where I was going nuts due to the constant barrage of client work plus the people I worked for were nitwits)......now I am working for a software company....and my schedule is a lot more laid back.
I would love to go back to school for my master's and do freelance...just not sure what to study.....definitely not design.
Yeah i hate 3 hour long design classes. I have an Associates in Graphic Design, but I'm getting my BA in Mass Comm Advertising which i'd like to get my Masters in.
Dont feel bad I dont either. Steel plant i worked at for over 5 years shut down permanently to get rid of the union. They will reopen under a different name and hire people that are willing to work for less than half of what we made.