The Question

As a college student, I get asked every day "What do you want to do when you finish school?" and the answer is a carefully considered, but practical. I would like to work in finance at a surf company. The troubling thing is how I, and many other people came to this very sensible decision. After weighing out salaries, possibilities for promotion and the chances of realistically succeeding in our fields we all come to a realistic and practical conclusion. But what about if the exterior money woes and fear of failing were stripped from of the equation. Then, I'm assuming, our answers would be very different. The question is no longer, "What are you going to do when you grow up/get done with school?" but instead it is, "What would you LIKE to do with your life?," "What would make you HAPPY to do for the rest of your life?"

What would you do if money wasn't a part of the equation and there was no chance that you could fail?

Would you become a professional baseball player, help children in Africa, or own a major corporation? Would you be a dad, a teacher, or surf every break in the world? What is it that fills you with joy, gets you out of bed every morning excited, and sets your soul on fire?

I'm asking my friends, coworkers, family members, and anyone who's interested, to consider this question and take inventory of dreams and desires that may have been left in the dust years ago.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Kindergarten Teacher

"I would want to be a kindergarten teacher. I want to plant the seed of education in the children's mind. Little kids always put a smile on my face, so why not hang out with them all day? I want to teach little kids that education is important and the foundation of where and by who kids learn this from is just as important. If I show to kids that education is fun they will strive to achieve."
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