Running in Place

Everyone is always talking about the future, what you need to do to get in to a good college, so that you can get a good job, so that you can have a good life. But no one ever tells you early on that you need to think about what it is that you want your LIFE to be about. I mean everyone and anyone will ask a little kid what they want to be when they grow up, but how often do they ask a 12 year old. If you are between the ages of eight and fifteen, no one really takes the time to care what you want for a career. So when somethings out of sight it's out of mind, it's basically like running in place. And now, when you are so close to having to pick a path that you will have to follow, and pay for, and live with, it's kind of hard to think of something that will really interest you out side of the normal doctor or teacher kind of thing. So I don't know what I want my life's work to be yet, but I do know that I want it to be something that is challenging that that will help people on a basic level.