What do you want to be when you grow up?

Apologies for the lack of writing yesterday, I needed to get my back, back into some sort of order. That’s the trouble with being glued to an office chair most of the time; one forgets that you can move around.
 
So how are you today? I hope you are excited about what the day is going to bring to you. You are aren’t you?
 
If I were to hazard a guess, most people reading this, will probably not be jumping up and down at the thought of another day of doing the same things they did yesterday. And I must admit I can’t blame you. Sometimes I feel that “work” is a habit we have gotten ourselves into. Whilst some of the habits we have are sometimes good to have, you did clean your teeth this morning didn’t you? Some of them are not, like going to work but not enjoying the time you spend in the office. Go on admit it, work is a habit you’ve gotten into isn’t it. Can you honestly say that the job you are doing is the one you chose when you were a kid, and if we are honest it's hardly the one we are planning on doing in the next five to ten years is it?
 
What do you want to do in the next five to ten years anyway? Some people insist they live “in the now”, but some long term planning / thoughts are important. Where can you see yourself? And what are you going to do today to get yourself there? If you don’t do something today, when are you going to do something about living the life you say you always wanted to live?
 
As someone once said – life is not a dress rehearsal, we don’t get a second chance (as far as we know), we don’t have a clock that can “turn back time”.
 
Today I would like you to spend some time (how much is up to you) and sit down and actually decide what it is you want this life to bring you….and then I need you to work out what you need to do in order to get there….that’s called long term planning. OK you might not know all the steps, but we can work some of them out now, others we will work out as we need to.
 
What job do you want? What qualifications do you need? Check the paper for the job you want, get the selection criteria, answer them as best you can – the difference between answering all the questions and only answering some of them is the course of study you need to take, (or life skills you need to learn). Then all you need to do is ask yourself if you are willing to put in the hours of study and learning in order to reach that “goal”. And only you can decide that.
 
But if you don’t know what you want to be “when you grow up” then any old job will do won’t it, after all they pay the bills.
And I know the question will be - but what do you want to be when you grow up? I have to admit that I am on the way to the kind of life that I want. I don't know all the twists and turns yet, and given the state of my back when I don't get the work/life balance thing sorted out, I still have work to do on that score...but I have always wanted to be a writer, and/or an actress. As a published writer I can honestly say I have fulfilled part of my goals, now all I need to do is become a well known published writer (ie., outside my own personal sphere) and I feel I will have made it part way there. Then I just need the money that goes with being a well known writer and I will definitely feel that I have made it. How about you? What are you doing today that is taking you towards where you say you want to be in the next couple of years or are you just spinning your wheels, like a tractor stuck in sand?