Dude, I'm almost completely blind (no peripheral vision, poor central vision, poor color vision) and I'm majoring in both Indistrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering the next year. It is far from true that blind people can't do science. It's true that we have some major limitations (I can't go in the lab anymore, for instance), but we are fully into the Information Era. There are computers in our houses far more powerful than those used to fly humans to the moon. And the best part of this is that blind people can use technology just fine. Our disadvantages disappear when we are behind our adapted screens.

Make wise choices, time-wise included. Focus on all things computational so you can keep doing it for a long time.

It won't be easy, I won't lie to you. But it is surely worth it.

About all those other things (art, caring for animals), I'm well into those as well. I had to change my views and my way to do things, but none of those are impossible for blind people.

Do you have RP as well? Anyway, becoming blind will be a major challenge in your life and your mindset will be changed completely, but there are really very few things we can't do because we're blind.

You vision sounds a lot like mine but there is still so much you can do. You can still do science. I took biology, chemistry, and animal husbandry in college.

Like you, I love taking care of animals. I have a dog, a tortoise and a horse. I do it all by myself. You just have to set things up in a way that makes it easier for you. I have a huge container garden because that is the easiest way for me to grow stuff without stepping on it.

Don’t give up in your dreams. Just make adjustments and modify the path to get there.

I went blind about 5 years ago, i have no peripheral vision, a macular hole, no depth perception and colors are pretty fucked
I’m still a college student (studying linguistics and journalism hoping to be a journalist), but I have a student job as an greeter/secretary i don’t really now
I love drawing (i don’t care of what it looks like, I like the feeling of pen to paper), reading, singing and ly favourite activity ever is hiking!!! I just love exploring and wandering around, even if you can’t see it’s just fun you know ?? I used to do it with sighted friends but now i do it on my own with good organization beforehand
I also like travelling, swimming, running, bunch of stuff really!!
I know it might seems like you won’t ever be able to do the thongs you love again but that’s simply not true, you can always adapt and make things less visual. Sighted people tend to use their vision more than any other senses so when you loose your sight, you think you can’t do anything anymore, but you just have to learn to do things differently :)
You can always pm me if you need help or support!!

A couple years ago, I was uncertain if I was going to lose my eyesight (I'm already legally blind, but have functioning sight). I'm an artist too and have built so much of my life around visual-based things. The prospective loss really hit me.
They stabalized my glaucoma though, so I ended up keeping my sight.
However, I ended up getting into web development thinking that would be more doable for a blind me. I'm not sure how well my plan would have turned out since I never went blind, but I focus more on programming than art these days with that plan still in the back of my mind.

Are you in the US? You should see someone before October if it is fast progressing. I work for a Low Vision Specialist in the US and that’s is far too long to wait for an appointment!

I'm a regulated pharmacy technician. I have RP and so still have some central vision. Eventually I won't be able to do most of my job, but there's always teaching (just not labs..still my goal though) and anything computer-based like insurance billing. It's going to be real dull if I have to do insurance the rest of my life, but c'est la vie.

You could still take care of animals. I mean you're probably not going to become a veterinarian surgeon, but you could still do quite a lot in that field, if you're willing to cut your own trail.

Sysadmin/hacker by day, music fan by night.

I love music. I go to concerts and music festivals - I also love to dance (not professionally).

Movies with audio description. Radio dramas. I go for walks. Ice skating. I get stoned. I used to go to bars to socialize, clubs to dance with my 'Too Much Sex Causes Blindness' t-shirt (which is a great conversation starter! Get it from Blind Mice Mart).

I used to do pottery. Go to restaurants. idk there's so many things!