Dreams

When we are little we are told that our dreams can come true. As we start to age, we are told that we should face reality and try to make something of the lives that we have. We are told that dreaming can get us in trouble. So many of us settle. We settle for the job that was convenient. We settle for the paycheck at the end of the week, even while we are sitting at our desks dreaming of what life could have been.

We give up on our dreams. We give up on our dreams and trade them in for societal expectations. I am tired of it. I am sick and tired of trying to live my life the way I am supposed to. I have a comfortable job. I have a job that many people would love to have. Making a salary that many people would love to make. I understand that. I get that I am fortunate. However, if I am going to be fair to myself I have to admit that this is not where I see myself. I do not see myself as someone else's assistant. So I am going to break with the norm.

I am going to study hard, take the LSAT, and fight my way through three years of law school. Will this journey be difficult? Yes. Will I wonder if I have made the right decision? Probably. Will I worry that I gave up a job I should have kept? Perhaps. Will I want that job back? Probably not.

In life there are things we have to do for ourselves. Things we need to do in order to discover more about ourselves and what we stand for . . . this is one of those things. Law school, how I have dreamed about you . . . Watch out . . . here I come!