dss62467
Cathlete
When I was little, I wanted to be tall. I'm still little. But...at least I'm OK with it now. Thanks to Petite Sophisticate.
Wow - I'm looking through other's comments about how they were dissuaded from their dreams by their parents. I too have felt that the lack of "support" from my parents kept me from pursuing what I wanted to be. I wanted to become a veternarian and was told how hard it was, that you have to go to school for so long. They never actually told me I couldn't do it, but my own lack of self-confidence took over because I felt they were saying I couldn't do it. Now that I'm older, I know I'm smart enough to have been able to do it - but I definitely didn't have the drive when I was in school and would have given up.
I didn't discover my strengths until I was in my 30's, and really, at this point it's unrealistic to think about going back for that kind of degree. There are a lot of things I wish that I had had the self-confidence to do when I was younger. I would have liked to join the Peace Corps. Now I'm married and a mother, so that's out of the question. Probably if I had mentioned it to my parents, they would have supported it. Or maybe not...thinking back to the way I was back then.
Now I tell my daughter that she can do whatever she wants, but I hope that she stays out of the corporate life. That just sucks you dry. I would like HER to join the Peace Corps, but won't push for it because I don't want to be one of those parents who tries to fulfill their own discarded dreams by pushing them on their children.
I do plan to go back to school in a few years (after our debt is paid off) and get my master's degree. Probably an MBA with a Human Resources concentration. It's not what gets me excited though. I thought about going back and getting a degree in Speech Pathology, but then I checked the salaries of the pathologists who work for the agency I work for and they make less than I do. So what's the point of that?
I will concentrate on my dream for retirement. Buying a farm with my husband, having a couple horses and maybe running a nice dog boarding business.
Wow - I'm looking through other's comments about how they were dissuaded from their dreams by their parents. I too have felt that the lack of "support" from my parents kept me from pursuing what I wanted to be. I wanted to become a veternarian and was told how hard it was, that you have to go to school for so long. They never actually told me I couldn't do it, but my own lack of self-confidence took over because I felt they were saying I couldn't do it. Now that I'm older, I know I'm smart enough to have been able to do it - but I definitely didn't have the drive when I was in school and would have given up.
I didn't discover my strengths until I was in my 30's, and really, at this point it's unrealistic to think about going back for that kind of degree. There are a lot of things I wish that I had had the self-confidence to do when I was younger. I would have liked to join the Peace Corps. Now I'm married and a mother, so that's out of the question. Probably if I had mentioned it to my parents, they would have supported it. Or maybe not...thinking back to the way I was back then.
Now I tell my daughter that she can do whatever she wants, but I hope that she stays out of the corporate life. That just sucks you dry. I would like HER to join the Peace Corps, but won't push for it because I don't want to be one of those parents who tries to fulfill their own discarded dreams by pushing them on their children.
I do plan to go back to school in a few years (after our debt is paid off) and get my master's degree. Probably an MBA with a Human Resources concentration. It's not what gets me excited though. I thought about going back and getting a degree in Speech Pathology, but then I checked the salaries of the pathologists who work for the agency I work for and they make less than I do. So what's the point of that?
I will concentrate on my dream for retirement. Buying a farm with my husband, having a couple horses and maybe running a nice dog boarding business.
