<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

I just started working in a fairly large architecture firm, 3 months in and I am a little scared it's not for me. 

Some background: I had gone to college for design, fairly general I had done studios in graphics, branding, exhibition, interiors, and some others here and there. It was a general design degree though. For an undergrad senior project I did a arch design competition, built the house and everything, and it was all fun and wonderful. Then I graduated and found an entry level job in architecture, now I am considering licensure. 

For anyone that doesn't know, licensure for architects is a pretty tedious and can be a very long process. There's a lot of exams, many works hours, intern programs, etc etc. bottom line: lots of work and studying. 

So I have looked into licensing and I think I want to do it, but my issue right now is that I don't have a California Architect Board approved degree in architecture (because it was general design) and I may only get 1 or 2 years at most of credit for it in their eyes. (You need 5 years before you can even start taking the tests). I am worried working another 3-4 years until I am able to take the tests will discourage me from wanting to do it by the time it rolls around. 

So. I am looking for some advice from any past, current, or future architects that either work in the field right now, or even did something completely different with their knowledge in architecture. I've known some architects that go into something completely different and unexpected (i.e. Movie set design, Disneyland, etc) and I want to kind of be inspired by that too because I am not so interested in what I am doing right now (though I do know, of course, that architecture itself is so broad too)
<bot>: aspiring-architect, needing some advice and encouragement (to license or otherwise) and wanting to hear stories and tales from all of you! Anything at all!