Things should not be difficult on day 5 BUT…sometimes they are.
Today’s prompt is: Other
My mom always wanted me to have other plans in mind when it came to career goals. She was a big proponent of the back-up plan. This is not entirely wrong, but at best, it kind of wastes a lot of time between what your true goal is. And at worst, it sidelines the goal until a much later date.
Of course for my mom, the back-up plan was the thing to keep me from falling flat on my face. It was protection. Who wouldn’t want some sort of protection for their child who had strong desires to write and do radio? A safer plan seemed to be the best idea for her. She understood the hard life. She was a single mom back in the day when few women were carrying that role.
My mom thought I should have a career as a dental hygienist. I went to college and discovered I enjoyed playing cards a lot more than going to class. The two classes I dug were psychology and literature. I excelled at both…I skipped the rest. I got a job working in night clubs and found life was a lot of fun when you weren’t as hung up on books. The back-up plan was waylaid. When I returned to the books and took a full time job as a dental records tech, my back-up plan was put off for good as it was discovered I had an essential hand tremor…not really what you look for in a dental hygienist.
I think God was at the forefront of the dental thing just not working out. It was not my passion. My passion was communication, writing and radio. I was in love with these things as a child. I played radio and I wrote stories. I wanted the other life. I didn’t want the back-up plan. It wasn’t me.
God opened a door for me in 2007 to work in radio. I knew how to do one thing when I walked in the door of my first job. I knew how to answer a phone and be kind to people. God slowly allowed me to learn more. He allowed me to also not worry about back-up plans but instead embrace His plans and step where he leads.
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My college degree is in communications too.