Dream Career

The luckiest people, to me, in the career world are the ones who have the job they love. The job they've always wanted and never want to leave. Those people have made their passion profitable, to take care of their families. I hope one day I can say the same about my novels.

I grew up with a mother who taught all her girls to be independent and capable. So when I went to college I insisted that I would pay for part of it. My education wasn’t going to be paid for by mummy and daddy alone. When I was home in between graduation and a mission for my church, I insisted I pay rent to my parents. Existing on air is not remotely possible; it cost to have me home again. Then I move out on my own and got a job within a week. Bills were in my immediate future of 30 days. I planned to maintain/purchase my car, live indoors with electricity and a roof (that is very important), eat regularly daily and have a wardrobe dominated by professional clothing.

But I look forward to the day when I don’t have to have a 7:30am-5pm job, day in and day out. And my wardrobe can have a healthy section of jeans and T-shirts again. I look forward to a time when my job starts at 8am, or 9am if I don’t want to get so early, while I’m still in my pajama’s and munching on breakfast, going through a couple narrative voice exercises before starting to work on my current project.

Because I visualize my dream, my journey is easier to go through. One day I too will say – “na-na na-na naa! I commute down the hall to my writer’s lair and don’t have to report to a boss – I have an agent instead.”