I don’t know about you guys out there, but do you ever wonder how you got to where you are? Okay, I better be clear since you don’t know who I am. After 4 incredible college years, I find myself so far removed from where I thought I would be. Granted I have a B.A degree in French, Psychology and a minor in International Studies, I don’t really feel I have much to show for all the hard work at did at school. Really.
After 4 years of classes, exams not to mention school loans, I find myself working as an administrative assistant at a very respectable firm. Now, I must say I love my bosses. In fact, they are fabulous and the company, fantastic. The only problem I have as I am sure, I share with many others out there, is that I am not really living my dreams. I have always wanted to travel the world ( which I have done to some degree) and connect and motivate young men and women in high schools and colleges. Somewhere along the line, I don’t know what happened, I graduated, and was left hanging. Of course I blame no one but myself. In retrospect, I realise that I didn’t take the necessary steps to succeeding after college. It’s all well and good during college years until you graduate with a degree and realize that the job you are qualified for is that of a receptionist at some corporate job. Perhaps I should I have joined my “smarter” friends and taken and an internship somewhere. Maybe at a French company or at a children’s psychology clinic or something!! What the heck was I bloody thinking. Anyway, hindsight they say is 20/20. I am not bitter though few months back, I felt really bad about myself and my situation and I decided to do something about it. I am just so sick and tired of complaining about my job and my dissatisfaction. As William E. Henley so succinctly put it, “I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul.” This sums up my current state of mind and I will use this blog as a time frame of when I finally start living my dreams.
Icha Rama
