Living for a Living.

What am I going to be when I grow up? It's the question that I pose to myself on a daily - perhaps hourly - basis. Even after four years of University I still have yet to find the answer.

I want to be a writer. I want to be a crafter. I to be a professor. I want to be a world traveler. I want to be a personal trainer. A nutritionist, also. I want to be an activist. I want to be a student. A sociologist. A chef. A photographer.

Then there's the things that I personally want to be.

I want to be a good friend. I want to be a good girlfriend. (Eventually wife). I want to be a giver. I want to be passionate. I want to be true. I want to be real. I want to be counted on. I want to be happy.

Someone (theoretically) once told me - and everyone else - that if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. That person has never met me. There are so many things that I love, and there is so much that I want to do. In today's society there is such an immense emphasis put on careers and people's choice of - or lack thereof - jobs. Your career path has come to define what kind of person you are and have become.
What is the first question asked upon meeting?: "So what is it that you do for a living?"
Well from now on my response is: "I live for a living."
If they want to know how I make my money, well, then they can proceed to question me further. But really, who feels comfortable discussing money these days?