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At least according to Hollywood, we are supposed to dream when we are children of what we want to be when we grow up. My primary goal when I was growing up was to move away. I did that almost 25 years ago. Now what?
I guess if someone asked me when I was a kid what kind of job I wanted I would have said a sportscaster. I was blessed with a great speaking voice that I parlayed into a couple of radio jobs but I don't think ESPN is in my future at this point. People told me I was a good writer and I eventually got around to working a couple of newspaper reporter jobs. The fact is I have had a lot of jobs. I was laid off once when the company closed but the rest I quit. I have never been fired. So what now?
Currently I am a supervisor in a warehouse. We make diapers. When I hear a supervisor bitching about the employees lack of motivation or intellegence, I often remind them that nobody says, "I want to work in a diaper factory when I grow up." We end up in these jobs because of bad choices, bad planning, bad luck...whatever. I have been there five years. What am I going to do next?
When you are young there are lots of roads to choose from. As you get older the number of roads becomes fewer and fewer. There are responsibilities, bills to pay, commitments to stand by. Do I get another chance to make yet another change?
It might be fun to be a screenwriter. I have often thought of owning my own little store. There is definitely something to be said for being an advocate for abused women or children and I certainly have picked up the political knowledge to be a lobbyist for the right cause.
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Posted by HungryHeart on 2008-01-08 23:55:36 | Rating: | Views: 103
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totally true. every one says that its the younger generation that has all this promise and future but really, most of the younger crowd don't realize how much potential there is out there for them to achieve their dreams. i am only 22 but already i feel the weight of responsibility coming down on me.
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Posted by kmalbro
on 2008-01-09 12:15:00
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Great post. I disagree, however, that as we grow older our choices and opportunities diminish. Our thoughts and the words we speak become our reality. I decided to ask Google about late bloomers and came up with the following ....
Grandma Moses -- painting career began in her seventies
Colonel Sanders -- began his franchise in his sixties
Laura Ingalls Wilder -- became a columnist in her 40's, but did not publish her first novel until her sixties
Richard Adams -- first novel, the bestseller "Watership Down", was published when he was in his 50's.
Myself ... I started a new career last Fall, in real estate, at the age of 54. I'm looking at it as a stepping stone to bigger and better opportunities.
If there is one thing I have learned about life ... it's that life holds many sweet surprises. The feelings you have ... the situations you find yourself in are only for this moment ... not for all time. Dreams are fulfilled one step at a time. Many times I will ask myself "what is the one thing I could be doing right now to move me closer to my dream." It doesn't have to be a big thing ... sometimes a tiny little change is all that's needed to move me in the direction of my dream.
Everyone matures differently. My 40's were a bit turbulent. I didn't know who I was and spent most of my time trying to please others. My 50's however have been quite different. I'm not ashamed of who I am and truly believe and feel the whole world is at my fingertips. Remember God dreams a bigger dream for you than you could possibly dream for yourself. Peace.
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Posted by ColoradoDreamin
on 2008-01-10 00:00:33
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