Remember who you wanted to be.

[smitten_daily]

At my previous job, I was blessed with the red-blooded tradition of a computer and a cubicle. That is the American dream, right? I put up a bumpersticker at my cubicle which made a few of my co-workers stop, think, then of course continue on to the coffee maker. The sign read "Remember who you wanted to be

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[fixnwrtr]

At six I wanted to be a writer, an archaeologist and a paleontologist. I also wanted to dance ballet. I'm a writer. There's a little overlap.

I got into computers at 14 because my mother's job was in computers, back when they filled entire rooms. She was a keypunch operator, now called a data entry operator. I worked part time during the school year and full time summers and I made a lot more money than my friends did. I stayed in computers for 25 years, moving into medical transcription after the nuclear investigations industry fell apart. I did medical transcription while I was finishing my first career in computers and I still do medical transcription, writing in between the cracks and crevices of what time is left. In essence, I have had three careers but only one I love and still practice: writing.

I agree. We should remember our dreams and where we came from. Thank you for reminding me where I was and where I am and where I still have to go.

[oimfree2uc]

nice - very thought provoking...i wanted to be a mom, then a nurse, then a movie star, then a mom...and mom won! yay!