Day 5 - Your Dreams

The Evolution of a Dream

There are a few songs that deal with the idea of dreams. Ashanti had one on her debut album called "Dreams" and Jazmine Sullivan's track is called "Dream Big". However, I was doing just that long before either of those albums hit the shelves.

I've always been a very ambitious dreamer. There was one point in my life when I wanted to be the first African-American female president. Unfortunately, that dream was dashed almost immediately after its conception (a former teacher said that it was a racist idea...and I wasn't to keen on being looked at as a racist!).

Needless to say, I moved on to more realistic dreams. 1) a BANGIN' career; 2) a BANGIN' husband and 2.5 kids; 3) a nice car...basically, I wanted my life to turn out like my favorite M*A*S*H prediction (you know what I'm talking about...the "game" where you list a bunch of stuff that you want to happen and watch most of those things get crossed off the page. lol). For a while I bounced back and forth between the idea of being a surgeon or an attorney. Upon realizing that the medical field requires some serious contact with the sciences and math, I decided that the profession wasn't for me. Then came this infatuation with the lifestyle I thought attorneys had...so that's what I HAD to do. Not to mention I'd be able to do something that I'm pretty good at....ARGUING! The downside was that I didn't have a passion for it. As nice as it would've been to make a whole lot of money, I learned (after working for THE MAN) that the novelty of money kinda wears off. So I had to re-evaluate things.

So! What does my future look like now-a-days? It would be great if things could turn out like the perfect M*A*S*H...but I know life is far more exciting/imperfect than that. Like any good wisher, I'm not at liberty to share my dreams/wishes with you. That doesn't mean they don't exist! Just know that law and medicine aren't a part of my desired future....at least not on a professional level....may have a run-in with the law...or medical personnel...or both.....*cue suspense music*...