The paths we take

Yes, most good things and in my case, a business take a dream. Some people if they are lucky enough know what they want to do all the while growing up. I went through phases as I am sure a lot of you did. Always changing what I wanted to be when I "grew up" . On a side note, now that I have "grown-up" I realize that us adults truly never "grow up" we are always young in mind we are just older. I like that. I think it keeps life fresh. Ok Ok back to it. I grew up thinking, maybe a doctor. Then I thought well maybe something very business like, obviously so I could wear those amazing pant suits that I kept seeing in Vogue and Elle magazine. Right, everyone goes into a profession because of the cloths they get to wear right? Ok so maybe not, but I cant be the only girl thinking that. Then as my days in High school diminished, I had no idea what i was going to do.But I always had a strong feeling that I would be in business for myself. I should also mention that when I was about to graduate I received a letter in the mail that I had written to myself when I was in 6th grade. I told myself that when I grow up, I would like to be a doctor, or wait for it, wait for it, and olympic athelete! Hahaha. Well olympic athlete could still be possible if they decided to add a category for falling. If that were to happen I would be a multi gold medal winner by now.  Then about to graduate, I  knew that I was exhausted with school and could not handle one more appointment with my "guidance counselor". I put guidance counselor in quote because I would not say they guided students as much as they said "well you have to go to college or you will be nothing and end up working a dead end job and live a lame life". Yes the almighty pressing of making me do something. If you know one thing about me, its that if you push me and tell me I have to do something, I will do the opposite just despite you. Oh and I am well aware that my way may be less conventional, take more time, and possible burn me a few too many times, but all in all as old blues eyes sang it best "I did it myyyyyyy waaaaaaay". After High school and watching my friends sign up for classes, I felt that mass guilt that I still did not have a direct course of action for my life, so I signed up for online classes at the tech school for radiology. I always loved the body and could and still can name pretty much every bone, muscle and more about the body. So online classes started. I lasted one day, and then stopped. Or maybe I gave it two weeks... who knows I cant remember but I do know thatIi wasted my parents money (sorry daddy) and didn't do the classes. Now to shorten this up I went through a few jobs including a bank job, which drove me nuts! After that experience I was reassured that a 9-5 desk job was NOT in the cards for me. After a year of party, I decided that I was going to Massage school. I loved it! I still to this day massage but, I realize that I cant do it full time anymore. Waking up sore not being able to hold my coffee mug because my hands are numb... not a good thing. So I massaged for years at a few different places. Crazy bosses caused me to move on to private clients and essentially my own massage business. I was then so bored between clients that I knew I needed to do something. I started to nanny, and then went to work at a shoe store. Oh the shoe store. It was my love. After a couple months there, the owners and now some of my nearest and dearest friends made me manager. How could this be any better?!?!? Me  working at a shoe store. Quite honestly it is like putting an alcoholic in a room full of free booze. I still miss the shoe store more than ever, butIi am so grateful for what it did to change my life's course. As well as the people who helped it all happen.