Sometimes I will be sitting around, and all of the sudden I will think of something I really want to do. Other times I will have a sudden stroke of genius and think of a way to make tons of money. Considering the fact that I will have absolutely no money to my name in a few days (after I pay rent), it's obvious that none of these schemes have worked out. One day, they will. Just you wait.
Anyways, lately I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life. A lot of the time when I tell people my major, they immediately ask what I plan on doing with that. To be honest, I usually just kind of stumble over my words and say something like "I dunno...writing for someone awesome...church magazines...something cool like that", to which I either get a blank stare, a "wow, you have no aim in your life" look, or "Have fun being poor!" THe other day I was talking to one of my teachers and he was like "I think you seem like the type that will end up marrying someone really rich so you won't have to worry about the fact that your major isn't going to bring in a big source of income." Um, thanks. I'm not really what I should take from that.
Like I said, I've been thinking a lot about what I'd like to do. I won't lie; I want more than anything to be able to spend the majority of my life being a stay-at-home mom with my kids. However, that obviously requires a) having children and b) having a husband to have those children with. But, even though that's what I want, I know it's important to be well-skilled in many areas, and to have an education that could support myself one day. I mean, there's no guarantee that I'll ever get married, or that I won't have to work. So, with that, I have set out on a mission to decide just what I can do with my major.
But, I'll do that another day. Today, I'll just muse on my secret dreams.
Last February (I can't believe it's been a year!) I wrote about how I secretly wanted to be on "The Next Food Network Star" on the Food Network. Well, that's still up there. I would LOVE to have my own cooking show. Unfortunately, I don't know the names of any fancy-smancy ingredients, likely will never go to cullinary skill, and I have the onscreen-broadcasting skills of a mime. But I can dream, right?
Another dream of mine. I would LOVE to go to beauty school. Blah blah, make fun all you want, but I think it would be SO fun. I love doing other people's hair. I just at the opportunity to curl my roommates hair. I watch YouTube videos on how to do cool new styles. Granted, I am not that talented when it comes to my own hair, but I love doing other peoples hair. However, this won't happen either, I'm almost betting on it. I might just have to rely on YouTube videos for now, and learn how to cut hair by going to random on-campus events where they teach you how to cut men's hair. And then one day, when I have cute little girls of my own, they will have the coolest/prettiest hair ever, because I'll devote my evenings to figuring out ways to do their hair. Awesome, right?
And finally, I would love to live in another country. For most of my life, I've sworn that I will live in Colorado for the rest of my life, minus the time I spend in Utah for school. I mean, it's understandable. Colorado basically is the best state ever, not being biased at all. However, over the past six months or so, I have had a strange desire to live in another country. I know, all you LDS folk may be thinking "hey, serve a mission! Maybe you'll go out of the country." Not likely. I have thought a lot about the mission thing, and I really don't think it's what I'm supposed to do. I would love to just someday live in different country. I don't know why I would ever have any reason to go to another country, but hey, it could happen.
But, there's my random dreams of the night. And now, I will go back to thinking of what I can do with my major.
Maybe I could be a food critic, who travels the world tasting the cuisine of different cultures, while learning how to do hair styles of different countries. Then I'll come back, write a best selling novel of my journies, and then food network will hire me out for a "Around the World" cooking show.
That's what I'm going to do. It's decided.
Do any of you have secret dreams?
On a random thought, yesterday I was trying to sell something on craigslist, a piece of jewelry that I don't wear. Someone emailed me and asked if I would be willing to trade it for a newly born, female daschund. It made me laugh. Maybe I could give it to my dad . . . He's always wanted one of those.
6 comments:
Wisconsin>Colorado
Go to Singapore.
And about the hair thing - Paul Mitchell seems like a pretty fun place.
haha I would buy your book and let you do my hair! Keep dreaming big, Katie, because sometimes those dreams come true.
I think everyone has those types of dreams. I wish to be a photographer, someone famous singing and acting, and a baker. But instead I'm a psych major. If only funds were unlimited.
I can see you living in another country some day. That is kind of weird about the daschund..random but it made me laugh and I bet Dad would take it. :)
That is so funny about the dauchsaund (sp???)!! Dad would definitely say yes so please don't tell him. And you do have the coolest major ever--there are so many fun things you can do with it. I wouldn't be surprised if you did write a book someday, although I'd really love to see you as a Food Network Star! Or maybe a future editor of the Leawood Rapporter! Haha!! (Don't let that depress you, though--it was a really fun, non-paying job...)
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