british english - A concise equivalent of a phrase meaning "to be pulled in turns by two subjects"

I am writng a personal statement for a degree in game development and would like to begin with a decisive and concise statement.
I wanted to express something like:

before discovering myself in game development I was torn apart by arts and science in turns

Can you help me rephrase this in proper english? All suggestions of strong statements of simillar meaning are welcome.

Thanks!