For two years I've sat around thinking long and hard about the things that made me happy in life. For two years, I've also sat around trying to be something I'm not in order to gain the approval of my family and those around me. Being in the unique situation that I'm in, made it very difficult to just be myself. Graduating from high school at a young age,I was also the one EVERYONE had high expectations for. "Be a doctor, Be a lawyer, Be this, Be that." Since when was it okay to dictate my future? Yes, those are very good professions in which u can make loads of money but is it really what I want? I figured out that it wasnt. So if I make less money doing something I'll enjoy, so be it. I wanna live my life the way I want to! I've got one chance to do it. I cant see myself living my life with the "wat ifs" playing over and over. I wont disclose my plan for college YET but I will say this, if its what YOU'RE into, GO FOR IT! Live ur life for YOU!
- C. Henry
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You might feel alone in your search for self, but honestly your not !!! I would say MOST of us are like that, but im just going to speak for myself. Im a year or two older than you, but when it comes to our families and the people around us, we have alot in common. Im the baby of the family too, so Im also the one everyone looks to to be the next "BIG THING". For years my family told everyone they could that I was going to be a LAWYER, I think they were even saying it when I started college and was a MARKETING major !!! GO FIGURE.....but anywho, as we both know there is only one thing I HAVE TO DO....DANCE...DANCE...DANCE! And I've realized that no matter how indescisive I am about my future, DANCE is the only consistent thing. I would rather wake up every morning, busting my ass as a DANCER.....than to work for the government, have benifits and dread being at work everyday. Maybe its me, but ive come to realize that people with creative spirits, i.e. you and me, are not people that fit a "MOLD". We don't work 9 to 5's, wear business suits or follow the plan of the "AMERICAN DREAM". We set new standards, rebel against the common trends and are constantly unsatisfied....looking for ways to re-invent ourselves. So my best advice is to you is to continue to DO YOU....and eventually it will begin to make sense. Keep moving, thinking, creating, even when it seems like its towards nothing (if you understand what I mean) and in time it will make sense...OR AT LEAST I HOPE SO !!! Like I said before, your not in this by yourself. Yo im reading Kimora Lee's book..lol...and this is one quote that I actually liked and could relate too : " It's not a weakness if you don't know what you want to do with your life - that's the state that most of us are in most of the time. The weakness is if you don't want anything at all and settle for just the minimum of what you can get!
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