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August 12, 2015, 02:24:40 AM |
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I am not sure what I would like to be in the future. I am pretty happy with what I have done so far in life. I remember when I was younger though I had always wanted to be a writer. I would write little short stories about all of the things I saw or even about my stuffed animals, I started writing at a young age. When I was done I would show family and friends. But then reality hit and I thought unless I came out with a great story that sold hundreds of copies I would never be a writer. I did write and self-publish a few books in high school, but it was more for fun and never really made anything from it.
Since I was not able to foresee the writing as a viable option for my future, I turned to finding a credible career that would pay the bills. I went into advertising because it allowed for a lot of creative writing kind of stuff, depending on the work that you got as well as research based writing and that really excited me a lot. I got my degree but oddly enough, I never have worked in advertising at all and over time my dreams did come true.
A few days before I graduated from college, I found out I was pregnant. That and moving up to a little town in Minnesota made it hard for me to find a job that would pay well or have anything to do with my career. After my child was born I decided my worthless job was not worth the money for babysitting and missing out on seeing my son grow up. But we did need to find some money to make it through. After some research, I found a few clients and actually began to write for an income. It was not much, but it was more than I would get from working with another company and having to pay with babysitting.
Now that was almost three years ago and I am working on a full time basis when the kids are asleep and at night time. Sometimes when my husband is home I can get in a little bit of extra work done. This job has allowed me to see my two beautiful children grow up and has been a blessing. And so, though it has taken a long time to get to this point, it has lead me to being true to my dream. What will I do in the future? Hopefully keep up with this option and see some better results. Maybe grow the business and hire on more people with it? The future is unknown but I am excited to see how it is all going to turn out in the end.
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