It is interesting to look back and reflect on each year,
since the end of high school, and how different my plans for myself have
become. When I graduated high school, I aspired to be a teacher. In fact, this
was something I had wanted to be since I was much younger, as I had many good
examples of great teachers while I grew up. Now I am about to begin my
thirtieth year of existence, high school is more than a decade behind me, and
it feels like I have only just begun again at square one with a new career
goal, new opportunities to nurture and grow into advantages, and a wholly
different mind-set about the future.
I have always wanted the typical dream, to have a stable job
that pays well, and a place to live which I can legitimately call my own. I
realize now, thanks to past experience and youthful foolishness, that there are
so many other steps I need to take in order to achieve these goals. I have
begun to realize that while I was waiting to begin my life, I have already
begun living and I have not, in fact, been practicing for the real world. That
is why this year will be about making choices which benefit me in both the
present and the future; I will start being intentional with my time and not
assume I am in the ‘waiting room’ of my life, I am going to become healthy and
fit again (which is something I’ve been actively putting off for several years),
and I am going to ensure that I am more well-read (aside from textbooks it
feels like forever since I sat down and just read for pleasure) including
books, newspaper, and other printed materials.
2015 is going to be a very different, and very positive,
year for me.
