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This week: Where Do You Belong? Edited by: NaNoKit  
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Some people know where they're going in life. Others find the path to be less clear...
This week's Drama Newsletter is all about our goals and our worth.
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When you were a child, and people asked you what you wanted to be when you'd grow up, what did you say? I did not have one single answer that lasted all throughout my childhood. Some people do. My uncle, for example, wanted to be a greengrocer, and that's what he became. Until the supermarkets pushed out the smaller shops in the area, anyway. I, on the other hand, at different times wanted to be a brain surgeon, an actress, a teacher, an astronaut, a helicopter pilot... My lack of a career goal didn't make it easy when the time came to study towards something, anything, as I had no idea what I wanted to do after. My friends all went off to do this and that, and I felt as though I was left behind, floating aimlessly in an ocean of options.
I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up, and that is somewhat problematic because I am supposed to be a grown-up. I have degrees under my belt, but I have no idea what to do with them. I'm studying for yet another one, and I want to get my PhD after that, and you'd think I'd be going somewhere with all that, but I haven't a clue. All I've got is a vague sense that things will fall into place when I get there. That there's something I'm supposed to be doing, something I will contribute to society, that I'm not ready for at this point in time. Perhaps it will work out that way, but what if it doesn't? I don't know. I admire people who've figured out what they're doing here on this planet, as it's a mystery to me.
I have always been a dreamer, and have always cherished my dreams. I can slip into different realms with much greater ease than when I have to deal with something in the here and now like, for example, a social interaction. In my (day)dreams I can be anything and anyone, do anything and everything I set my mind to. I know that there are all these inspirational quotes about how we can actually be who we want to be and do what we want to do in actual life, but that's not quite true, is it? I can never be a brain surgeon because, for starters, I cannot even watch medical scenes on television. When I applied to be a pilot, I learned that I am too short for the job. Astronauts probably should be far less clumsy than I am. And it probably helps for an actress to not have social anxiety. Kids love me because I am definitely not an authority figure. Not to be dramatic, but you'd think it wouldn't be possible for a human being to lack practical skills to the extent that I do. My talents appear to be study-related, and that wouldn't be so bad if my brain worked in a way that a university would pay me to dwell in my own office and work towards solving the problems of the universe, Sheldon Cooper style, rather than my qualifications being in fields that nobody truly cares about. Oh well.
It's a good thing that I like to write. My daydreams come in handy when creating characters, settings, even plots. The knowledge I have gained over the years often drifts into my work. I don't think that I will ever be a famous, or even a reasonably-well-known writer, but in life, achieving enjoyment has its own value.
We're all of us creative people on this site. Whatever we do outside of our creations, however we feel about ourselves, what we do here has value. If your words make just one person smile, or laugh, or shed a tear, it means that there's been this special exchange, mind-to-mind, heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul, and that's precious. That has worth. You have worth.
Some of us have clear goals to chase. Some of us succeed. For others, their path is less clear. We are here, though. We have a welcoming home. We write, and what we write matters.
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