How would you finish this sentence?
I have a very good idea what I want to be doing in 20 years.
This is a big question that many cannot answer.
In retrospect, it took me a long time to figure out what I
wanted to do with my life. I was 30 years old by the time I graduated with my
Bachelor’s degree.
Even deciding on what degree I wanted took a good 10 years.
I went through degree plans like they were clothes: Elementary Education,
Bilingual Education, Environmental Science (emphasis on the “mental” for me
trying that program, but that’s another story entirely), Spanish Education,
then…finally, after a classmate talking some sense into me on the steps of a
university building, English Literature.
I decided on the last and was delighted to love and enjoy my
major. I minored in Ethnic Studies because of my love of learning of other
cultures and getting to know other people. I find different cultures
fascinating and love to learn from others no matter their background, history,
belief system. I now teach adult education and love to see my students have
their aha! moments in class and gain a passion for being a life-long learner.
So, to answer the question…I would like to be a published
author and have my Doctorate in Literature or some other English focused degree.
I’d like to have a faculty position at a university. My family, I expect, will
have grown by then and I hope to encourage my children’s passions and enjoy my
time with my husband on new adventures.
Most importantly, I expect to hold to the hope that carries
me through the difficult times. I know there will be many to come, just as
there have been many in the past. The tangles and knots we will face only
stand to remind me that there is something greater that I am a part of. This is
an incredible feeling and hope.
So, I ask you, where will you be in 20 years? Don’t be
afraid to dream big.
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