I feel like growing up, I have been told that I can only have one profession. When ever I was asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up" I got strange looks. When I was in elementary school, I would tell people I wanted to be doctor, teacher, and stay at home mom. I was strange because I was choosing three different professions. By eighth grade, I had decided that I could not be a teacher, and that I needed the education to become a doctor, so I started telling people just doctor. I narrowed myself to one track, one profession, but now that I am heading to college, I'm realizing that doesn't have to be the case.
What is wrong with us that we force our children to decide what one thing they want to do for the rest of their lives? I was lucky that my oarents have encouraged me, but I feel even they believe in a one track mind set. I feel like our culture has so blinded us that we believe we can only do our complete best if we focus on one thing, one profession.
I have recently discovered I have a knack for multiple things. If you follow my Facebook page, then you will have noticed that over the past few weeks, I have posted a bunch of character drawings for my five main characters as they attended Feilds Ball. I drew them.
(1) art.
I drew those for Royal Beginnings, book one in a Four or five book series.
(2) writing
I have been Google Sketch up to design Feilds Palace.
(3) architecture
I have had melodies pop up in my head that I have been trying to turn into songs.
(4) music
I just registered for classes at U of U to begin my major in Biology.
(5) science
I registered for a French class.
(6) linguist aspirations
I have considered a math major.
To most people, my hobbies are full professions. When my dad came home from work and saw me designing Feilds Palace, he asked me if I was sure I didn't want to be an architect. I had an exchange with my dad last week about a lighting pattern in the Ballroom of U of U through i message, and his coworker asked him if I wanted to be a lighting designer. My dad asked me if I was going to pursue a career in medicine ignite became a successful author. I think he asked because most wouldn't. Honestly, I froze a little, but I think I will. I want to follow all of my career passions, and educational desires.
I don't want to be a one track mind. I want to be the best I can in multiple fields. The fields I would like to learn about.
Honestly, I realized last week that if I had unlimited money, I would probably spend the rest of my life getting degree after degree to satisfy my curiosity. It would be fun to learn more about engineering architecture and lighting design. I would love to study at least 3 languages, French German and Russian, but I don't think I would stop at those three. The idea of education excites me. But I'm not just a nerd.
I'm an athlete.
I'm an intellectual.
I'm a Christian. Mormon to be more precise.
I'm a hard working, minimum wage employee. Oh and I enjoy it.
I'm sure if given the opportunity I would be a socialite.
I enjoy and excel at each of the four core subjects. I may be better at some than others, but to me it doesn't make much of a difference. I love history for its ability to show me the future by showing me the past. I love math for its ability to show me that I can solve complex problems. I love science for its ability to explain the miracles of heaven. I love language for its ability to let me express myself.
Why do I have to choose one?
I choose not to. I think I would be a jack if all trades than a one track mind.