Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Finding A Dream

I'm now a fifth year college senior. After two years of civil engineering and three years of accounting, I'm one more semester away from graduating. And you know what I've learned after all these years? I hate everything. I hate all of it. Engineering wasted two years of my life. Accounting has been much more tolerable, but is that a career goal?  Should I be happy with a job I can tolerate?

Three years into my college career, I needed to figure things out. I needed to "find myself," so to speak. What can I do? What am I good at? Apparently the answer has been there all along, right in front of my face. In elementary school, I used to write short stories and read them to the class. When I was ten, I imagined myself a movie star, playing the role of the epic crime fighting superhero, 'Coolkid.'

As I got older, my imagination matured, but it was still there. For whatever reason, maybe because living in fantasy is so much more fun than reality, I kept on creating characters. I gave them lives, personalities, traits. What is an eighteen year old doing imagining up an espionage assassin? What a loser. But three years into college it hit me. I could never be a movie star, but I could sure as hell write a book.

After a few failed attempts to get the juices flowing, it finally happened. Chapter after chapter raced through my mind. I spent an entire summer perfecting my work, and in that time I realized; this is what I want to do. I want to be a writer. For years characters have been manifesting in my head, and now I can share these imaginary friends of mine with the world.

On January 30, 2012, my self-published eBook, "A Hero's Rise,"  hit iTunes. Why am I telling you this story. Not so you'll be happy for me and buy my book. I had to write this article because there are loads of people like me, searching for a path to happiness. And while I have a long way to go before I can consider myself a writer, I know one thing. I will never give up. Writing is my passion. One day, I might be sitting in some office getting yelled at by some balding hack, but that won't stop me from accomplishing my goal. I'll be writing books till the day I die, whether I sell millions or handfuls.

My message to you is this: You may not be able to live your dream, but never settle for anything less than happiness.

This has been my first ever blog. I hope you enjoyed it. Constructive feedback would be much appreciated. If you have any questions I promise to answer them. And if you find yourself in my shoes, lost and confused, let me know. I'd love to help!