MEMOIRS
Did you always know what you wanted to be? How did you discover your calling?
I may not have always known what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I knew whatever it was, it wasn't going to be boring, and it wasn't going to be a desk job.
No. I did not know what I wanted to be. I grew up in totally rural surroundings.I lived in a tiny village, which did not have any modern or advanced facilities. There was no bus service to my high school. It was a 4/5 km walk. Newspapers were not regular. Radio was only heard of.Knowledge on career development started to come only when years passed by and when I reached college. I saw English news papers, came across advertisements for jobs, knew something about great cities, opportunities etc.After graduation, the future before me was uncertain. I could not go for higher studies due to financial problems at home. My siblings-two brothers and two sisters were growing up. Their education had to be taken care of by my parents.The only option available to me was to search for a job. But jobs were scarce in our native town or nearby city. Some of my friend were learnig typewriting and going to Calcutta to work as typists. I did not learn typing. It was by chance that i came across an advertisement in one English daily, about vacancies in a college for library assistants and clerks in Bilaspur in Madhya Pradesh, Central India.I applied promptly, with all relevant certificates- some experience certificates were cooked up- and waited. After a month or so, the appointment letter came. So, without any idea of the place or job, my journey began.My parents were not happy about going to a far off place, but due to my pressure and friendly advice of other well wishers, they agreed .
Bilaspur was a bigger world for me. Not a posh city but really big for my standards.I started work in the college.It was i959; my salary was Rs 90/.After two months I had a chance to join State Bank Of India as a cashier. A good, permanent job, with several benefits and perks. But the job was terribly boring. From the morning, till it was time to close , I had to sort out old notes, count them into packets of hundreds and keep proper account of them.I was silently weeping about the sad condition. I wanted some job where I would get some chances to read, write, learn etc.I could not hink of quitting the job. A ray of light came to my life when I decided to join a college for my post graduation in Political Science. My intention was to become a teacher, to be in the midst of books and students. I realised then that my calling was to become a teacher.   | | |
I just loved to write. English was my favorite subject in school.
I always wanted to be a singer. I was was interested in the theater.
I still haven't discovered it yet. I've been too busy living.
noooooo! i wanted to be a firewoman, then policewoman then vet, (honestley im being serious) I had major career issues and still do LOL but modelling is what I enjoy so it just came along thankfully
No, I'm actually still figuring it out right now.
I always suffer of a big illness called "Dreams and Imagination"... be what I'm now even if just indie or for few moments... for me is a dream, I sincerely love it... is what I wanted to do in my life I always wanted to write but never believed to be able to do it as a work... so I'd not substitute my career with others for this... live your dream is a dream...but it happened.
Don't know, never had.
No. Life is full of surprises.
I think so. I can't remember ever making the realisation.
I tested HIV positive in 2001 I was 20 years old. That moment changed the trajectory of my life. Something to be said for facing your own mortality when you are just starting life.
Then 9/11 happened. And Suddenly all the fear that is common place amongst many nations of the world became a reality here.
So there Iw as HIV poz, 19 and those 2 giant bodies of water that have kept America rather safe since WWII was gone as well.
I was angry, And so I went to a field late at night, and my creator and I had it out,
that was the first time I felt what I call the ji8ggle wave. In the moment of true anger something sparked.
And fate stepped in and asked me to join, But I wanted to learn not from the esoteric, but as a human. I mean that's the whole point right. To have the human experience as a spiritual being. I knew it was a uphill battle so I did the only thing I knew how too. Arm myself with the power of a fundamental understanding of anything that could be used against me whether that be a mugger. Or a man at gay pride holding a sign telling me
that I am not worthy of redemption because of my choice of sexuality.
So i studied, I wanted to understand where the fear in this exsistance comes from, and the only way to do that is to see the world through the eyes of another. Not so I could use it against them, but to allow me to understand the core issues within their fear of that which isn't like them.
I wanted to be able to care for them without condition, both on the outside, and secretly in my own mind. For The only way that change will occur is by starting with yourself.
Lead by example, and allow them to discover what it means to enter the world from a place of peace from within rather than the chaos of humanity at this current juncture.
That was 10 years ago, i'm 31 now.
and in the first decade of the 21st century 20-30 I chose to fight for humanity.
just little beacons here and there, and leave it a little better for those coming behind me.
Thank you for allowing me to share | | |
My first career goal was "Indian," as Amerinds were then called. When I discovered that I could not grow up to be an Indian, I decided to be a cowgirl. This was my goal until I was seven. Not long after that I decided to be a dog but it took me a year to settle upon a breed. I was, for a time, a part-time golden retriever, and a part-time collie. I then became a full-time collie. This was my childhood vocation. My third-grade teacher had told me I would grow up to be a teacher myself but I didn't believe it.
When I was eleven I quit being a dog and again looked to the future: I would be either an animal psychologist or a spy. In high school a mysterious teacher (not one of my own) addressed me as "Emily Dickinson" but it still didn't occur to me that writing was something I could do for a living. I didn't have the confidence to pursue such a career. I knew my writing was good but could not figure out what to do about it. I decided to be an actor. (If selling one's writing is hard, try selling oneself!) Halfway through college I decided to be a director instead. I completed my degree in filmmaking.
I've had lots of jobs, not all of which added up to, or contributed to, a career, but the two things I have done most consistently are to write and to teach. In terms of employment, I fell into each quite by accident, so although my callings had always called me, it was never a matter of answering the call; it was, rather, a matter of finding myself in the oddest places at even odder times. | | |
I wanted to be a nurse but I was to emotional so I like working with children as it makes me relive my childhood as I would have liked it to be
Honestly, I don't feel like I have a calling. I never really had a direction - I just went with whatever sounded good at the time. In elementary school I decided I wanted to be an automotive technician, but that didn't really drive me to any action. It resurfaced in high school, where I took two years of automotive technology at James Rumsey Technical Institute, and I realized I wasn't going to be very good at it. When they started to ask us what we wanted to study in college, I considered economics and pharmacy, but upon further research those weren't going to work out very well for me either.
When they asked me where I wanted to go to college, I didn't really have an idea. I applied to Marshall University and was accepted into their journalism program with an undecided concentration. I didn't really have any particular desire to practice journalism, but then I found radio/television production & management (RTV). It was just what I needed: creative, technical and skill-oriented, and challenging. Dr. Bailey, the RTV adviser/professor and manager of our radio station, is all about tough love. His classes were the most difficult I took in college, and without that challenge I would have felt like I wasted my four years. I also don't think I would enjoy audio production half as much if Dr. Bailey hadn't set the bar so high. | | |
No, I discovered I loved photography only after I bought a camera and started taking pictures.
I always wanted to be like Indiana Jones. So I wanted to be an archeologist, but also an adventurer. I discovered that I liked to write at an early age and just went with it. I have a great imagination so I write things.
I always wanted a jouney of discovery of some sort. At first I hoped that humans will start the space travel at the time I grow up but it didn't happened. So I decided to go to planetary science as the next best thing. When my kids were born I ended up stranded at home and started to develop my old passion for painting and drawing. |
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