Dreams as a kid
Posted on 06. Feb, 2009 by Scott in Uncategorized
I’m starting to think that the dreams I had as a 17 year old were right on. At the time all I knew was I wanted to get out of town and see the world. It’s all my parents fault. You see for my fifth birthday I asked for and received a globe. Not just any globe though, it had it be a topographic globe. Oh the thrill! (No seriously I still have it) Anyway, even at the tender age of 5 my eyes were widened to the endless possibilities out there. With a quick spin (grabbing the Himalayas helps) you could off to another place trying to envision what it was like through your limited library of your grampas National Geographics (well the ones they’d let you see at least). That day an explorer was born.
Do you remember your aspirations as a kid? We all had grand dreams of life as we finished high school whether we went on to college or not. Taking the world on by the horns. We’re going to make our mark. If we just put our mind to it we can do anything. Although at some point did you ever notice that people eventually stopped telling you that? All while others around you are labeled a ‘go-getter’ or she’s going to go far or he’s a climber. The difference is they never stopped trying. I know when people stopped telling me that, it’s when I stopped giving them reason to.
A couple years ago I was a little restless in my job and decided to finally go back to school to finish my degree. I’d volunteer for a project or two partly just to do something different. It wasn’t long before I was the one at work that was going places, that my coworkers didn’t expect me to be around very long (Which I wasn’t, I took a promotion shortly after). But it wasn’t until I began to make an effort to improve my life that people began to tell me I could go far.
So I have some ground to make up and globetrotting to do. It may still be a little way off, but I’m trying.
Stumble It!
