“I want to be a writer when I grow up”
Please don’t discount this post by the title of it if you are a hobbyist writer, or a novelist who is simply looking to let the novel out, and not looking at this here writing thing as a career, job or etc. Don’t worry, you’ll find a bit of inspiration here, too.
As child, I had two dreams. One that I articulated, and one that I held in. The one that I articulated, and the one that people liked to hear around me, was to be a veterinarian. This always made people happy, as I’m sure they envisioned higher education and job security.
But you know what I really wanted to be all my life, don’t you? I wanted to be a writer. I just wanted to write. Anything, really: books, reports, poetry, journal entries.
In fact, I kept a journal from the time I was in 6th grade until…well.. the present day, really. That’s 20 long years of journaling. In high school I would fantasize that someday my journal, the story of my life, would be published, like Anne Franks. Of course, what kind of story did I have, other than the normal angst of teenagehood? But still, writing was my dream.
Where am I going with this? How cliche is it for me to write that “you need to follow your dream.” I can barely bring myself to tell you. I hate cliches!
What I can tell you, though, is that I ran into this post at Women on Writing’s blog. And in it, they’d embedded the short, 8 minute lecture below from Randy Pausch.
How many times a day do you run into “watch this”, “read this” or “click on this”? I know it’s a lot. I do it myself, and I apologize.
However, watching this short clip was the most productive 10 minutes of my life in the past month. I am urging you, here, practically begging. Click on that triangle. Just do it. You won’t regret it!
October 31st, 2007 at 1:43 pm
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November 7th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
You got me all hyped up to watch the video, and then it told me it was no longer available. Now I’m going to have to go search it out all on my own. Darn you, Piqued Curiosity!
November 7th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
oh no you’re right! darn it, it was SO GREAT. maybe try Oprah.com?
November 7th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Ahhh. I found it. My husband and I wated it the other day, but I’m watching it again.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:06 am
Where did you find the video? I’d like to review it.
November 29th, 2007 at 9:54 am
auria, I did find it on Oprah.com. Sorry, I didn’t realize they were going to go move it around on me.
December 19th, 2007 at 3:35 am
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