Dream Chaser

Everyone has a dream. When you are 3 years old your parents job may look so exciting...I wanted to work at a school since both my parents were in the educational system and I went to school and had fun...at that age...nap time was my favorite subject back then. So becoming a teacher seemed awesome.

Then fast track a couple years and one Chirstmas I get a doctor's kit and a whole new world of scalpels and lab coats opened up to me...my parents cut that dream down though...not because they didn't believe I could be a doctor...it mainly had to do with the fact I was constantly chasing my sister with the scalpel...after all what kind of doctor could I be if i didn't have a patient (muhahahahahaha) So I moved onto my next dream... 

Secondary school came (for those with a different system this would be high school) and my love for school was still there but like all great relationships it hit a snag..you know I felt it loved me more than I loved it...I still made the effort to make it work...just...you know..living up to it's standards was harder.

Then I made Head Girl of my school and got a taste of what it's like to have people working under me (prefects) and I knew from that moment my calling in life...to be an entrepreneur.

Of  course..having discovered this at 16 I had no idea what I wanted to be an entrepreneur of..all I knew was that I wanted to be one. I'm a fantastic team player...in fact I love working as part of a team...something about seeing people working together to achieve a common goal makes me feel good inside because it helps me remember that maybe the world isn't a lonely place. However nothing compares to the freedom of being your own boss, making your own decisions and simply taking a look at the final product and knowing...wow this was my idea.

So now I had the base of my dream (to be an entrepreneur) now the second part was much harder...what was I going to be an entrepreneur in?

Not knowing what, I went to college and chose the option that wouldn't make me wear a uniform or business clothes...so I picked Mass Communications ( I now knew two things..I wanna be an entrepreneur who didn't wear stuffy clothes)

Loved the mass comm thing, working the radio station and all that jazz. Wasn't quite what I wanted to do with the rest of my life though. I mean I like to talk but to talk and hear my voice ( as awesome as it is hehe) just didn't make me excited.

So I took a year off to refine my calling and went to work in what I can only classify as a dead end job...nowhere near the field I wanted to work in....and the one  good thing I got out of that experience was that it cemented what I already knew...I want to work for myself.

Then it hit me...what have I been missing all along. I'm a good planner. I planned parties, events, games nights...I just loved to plan. I WANT TO BE AN EVENT PLANNER.

I'm not talking about some little backyard shingdig...I want to plan international events.

Planning for me is like seeing teamwork in action. Every detail, no matter how small and insignificant has a role in achieving the big picture, and I wanted to make it all come together.

So having figured this out, during my year off, I didn't want to waste anymore time...I took a night class in event management at the Hospitality Institute earning a certificate in the field...but I didn't think this was enough, there was still so much more I wanted to learn because I believe laying the proper ground work is the only way to achieve success. So I quit my job and went to university, but alas, not to study event planning but public relations..why you might ask...in one word...money. The university I wanted to study at  was way out of my affordability range...

But the joke was on me..the course allows me to gain so much hands on experience in event planning that I'm in heaven...and am actually glad that I didn't decide to wait about until I could afford to go to the university I wanted...time is to precious to waste, if you have an idea dont wait til you see all the pieces just go for it, the pieces will fit into your plan.

So the moral of this story....if you have a dream, even if you can't see the road ahead take a leap of faith and you may end up on the right path...and if you don't...make your own path and get back to the road you want to be on.

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My dream hasn't materialized yet but it will, it's already on it's way. What dreams do you have and are willing to work to get?

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"Stand in the face of danger, and as you did on that night, face your fears and shout 'DO YOUR WORST,"  you will find there is nothing you cannot do"- The Count of Monte Cristo