If you know me, you'll know that I've been struggling to work out what I want to do with my life - and it plays on my mind, a lot. Because I've always enjoyed, and been somewhat good at writing, I thought that this would be a suitable career path, and gradually my silly head began to view it as the ONLY option. It clearly didn't work out that way, and perhaps I should've stuck to my original first preference when applying for university.
I don't know whyI put down Paramedics the first time - it was on a whim, but the only thing that stopped me doing it was the fact that I thought Flinders was too far away to travel on a daily basis (and yes, I realise that's simply lazy!). So, I stuck with Journalism - partially for that reason, and partially because it's what I'd been telling everyone I wanted to do for the 5 years previous. I'm sounding amazingly like a coward right now, and I think that I was, but I'm learning not to care what people think of me. And as my blog title suggests, it's all starting to make sense.
Most people think I'm joking when I say I want to be a firefighter - but I'm not. I think it would be an amazing job, and I think that I'd be good at it. I enjoy helping people, and just because I choose a completely different career path doesn't mean that I couldn't continue to write as a hobby! If anything, it would probably give me more inspiration. And then I'd be writing about something worthwhile, instead of writing about writing!
Most recently, I've been thinking quite a bit about training to become a surf lifesaver. Up until the past few years, I was really into my fitness etc, and it's something I want to take up again and continue with. Swimming was always a huge part of my childhood, and I don't think these thoughts are entirely random. I want to do it quite badly - I just haven't expressed it to anyone, because I'm scared of the same reaction that I mentioned above!
So, there you have it. Paramedic. Firefighter. Lifesaver.
There's a pattern, isn't there?
Or is it just me?
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ohhhhhh how exciting! i am sooo happy that things are starting to make sense for you! i think you could be really happy doing any of those 3. and it's important to remember that writing will ALWAYS be there and who knows where 'different' opportunites to do so will pop up!
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