Is it Too Late to Live Your Dreams?

What is your dream? When you were younger, what did you want to do with your life? What goals did you have for yourself? Sometimes life doesn’t always turn out like we planned. Sometimes life happens, and our plans and dreams have to take a back seat to reality. Sometimes you have to take the scenic route to your destination. Just because you have had to take a detour, does not mean you need to give up on your dreams totally.

When I was in high school I always dreamed that I would become this successful writer. I never wanted to be famous or even well known, but I wanted make enough money off my writing to support myself. Even when I was in college I always imagined myself working as a writer for a television or some other writing intensive job.

Then reality hit. I was a college graduate with a Bachelors Degree in a crumbling economy. Every job I applied for I met the education requirements, but I did not have the work experience they were looking for. I applied for every writing job I came across. I had a few interviews, but nothing ever panned out.

I had bills to pay, so I took a job at a local community college. I found myself working in student services. It wasn’t the best job in the world, but it would keep from explain to my roommates why I couldn’t pay the rent. Even as I took the job, I kept looking for other opportunities. Still, I found nothing. Even my attempts at writing novel fell flat. I would get so angry with myself. I had these great storyline ideas, and then I would kill them by making my female lead to perfect, or not having enough emotion behind the words. I assumed I had failed. I resigned myself to the fact that I would now be facing a career in the education sector, and that my writing would be nothing but a hobby.