When I was a young child, I wanted to climb trees as a living. I did not think too much about finding a real job, instead I just had fun. But as a child, that is what all children do. They explore, express and imagine objects, themselves, and everything around themselves and others.
My choices have changed over the years, about what I choose for myself and what I want to do. At one point I wanted to be a midwife because I love children and babies. Then I realised that there was a lot to this profession. The biology and the uni years, the grades which I knew I did not have or would ever have. Which makes me laugh now, years later.
I wanted to be a teacher, because I love children, and because both my parents are teachers and I thought it was the best right track in my career. My mum is a drama teacher, a director and works hard with everything that she get to work on. My father is a Danish, English, Maths and PE teacher in Denmark. Both of my parents have experience and work in care.
So guess where I decided to head next with my life?
To be a carer. Why not! At the beginning I did not have a lot of experience in working in care, other than childcare. But I thought that it would be a fun and rewarding job, helping those that needed the help. But the more I worked in the different areas of care, the more I realised that it wasn´t the right track for me. So times changed and I worked abroad as an Aupair in Germany. It was an experience working in two different places in Germany, but that long wishing of working as an Aupair for a numerous of years, quickly got flushed down the well.
One choice that I made as a young child, still sticks in my mind til this day. I wanted to be a fashion designer. I love colour, expressing myself in everything, art, patterns, making new and interesting clothes and objects. I love to write, which was also an ongoing job idea. I have loved to write, for what seem forever, because I have alway written. Whether they were any good, I was always proud.
Right now, I do not know where my path is taking me. But I know that I would like to study design at a design school in Denmark. Write to my hearts consent and do things that keep the light in and pushes the darkness out. Currently, I am searching for a temp job to tie me over and stop me getting more depressed, lonely or bored.
I am thinking that I could be a designer. If that is in clothes or the insides of buildings, places or shops. I do not know. But I am excited to see where this takes me.
Heading back to the writing aspect, I am currently writing three books. And I understand that some may think, why am I working on three books, and that I should focus on finishing one book before I start writing the next one. But the thing is, that is how I work.
I know that this blog post is quite full on, but remember, It is ok to change your decision as you grow, whether you are a young child discovering what you like and experiencing new things in life. Or a matured person, already having the experiences and life, and are choosing a different path, because they have looked around and said,´yes, I worked hard at one career for a good number of years, and I loved it. But now, I am thinking that it is the right time for a new start somewhere and try something new.
It is apart of growing. Don´t let someone say that you are too young or too old to decide a different course or the path you want for yourself. Because that Is only up to you, take it with both hands and hold if close to your heart.
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