When I was little, I thought I wanted to be a marine biologist. Then, I decided I wanted to follow in my mom's footsteps and be a teacher. I even played school with my stuffed animals as students with the leftover materials she would bring home in the summer.
When I went off to college, I still knew I wanted to teach. There was a brief moment after my best friend passed when I thought I should honor her memory by living out her dream of nursing. That quickly passed when a broken bone in the pediatrics office I was interning at caused me to pass out. So, back to teaching it was...
Now, I'm having a mini midlife crisis. I'm not really sure if I want to stay in the teaching profession. But, I have no clue what I want to be when I grow up! Well, that's not entirely true. If I'm being completely honest, my dream job is to be a stay-at-home mom. I want to be able to watch my children reach every milestone and be there for me if and when they need me to, without having to worry about missing work for it. But, I'm not married and don't have children...so that one will have to wait awhile.
And although I know that being a mom is incredibly hard work, I think the intention of "dream job" here was more along the lines of a career path... And I am stumped. When I think about what I would do if money were no object, things like Broadway singer, personal shopper, food blogger, sports writer, bookshop owner, flight attendant, and chef cross my mind...but even still, I can't decide which path I would choose if I had the means and opportunity.
But no matter what career path my dreams take me down, the one thing that keeps reoccurring is motherhood. So, I guess what it all boils down to is that my dream job is to be a mom. Maybe someday I will be lucky enough for my dreams to come true.
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