Tuesday, October 14, 2008

What do I want to be when I grow up?

This is a question that most of us think about as we grow up. I have come to the conclusion that I must never have grown up because I have no clue as to what I want to do with my life. It's really a question of what I'd be good at doing I guess.

  When I was younger I always wanted to be an archaeologist. It seemed interesting, and thanks to Indiana Jones, a little bit glamourous. In all honesty it was my love of ancient history and mythology that seemed to fuel this. Now I'm a little bit more of a realist. I consider the fact that I really can't go galavanting all over the world and leaving my family behind.  Also, I'm pretty sure that I couldn't support my family on any type of salary that  I would get in that type of field, especially just starting out.  Someone suggested taking my love of history and use it to pursue teaching, in effect transfer that love to another generation. I'm pretty sceptical about that because, although I have children of my own, in general I don't like kids. I never really have, not other people's kids anyways.

So then we have the dilemna of deciding what else I would be good at. And that's where I'm stuck. I know that lots of people are stuck in jobs/careers that they hate, and I don't want to  be that person. So that's where I stand at this time. I'm lost and I never grew up, at least not in the ways that most people do.

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