I'm also published. I'm an author, and in my free time, I write. I absolutely love this.
But there are other things I enjoy too. And sometimes, in the midst of doing another hobby, I'll sigh and fantasize about what I'd do if I had another life--or two--to live.
1) I'd open a restaurant. Every time I'm in the kitchen coming up with something totally awesome, complex, or simple, I think how fun it would be to have a restaurant. But I'd be the owner and the chef. What fun I'd have coming up with the menu, experimenting with different foods, watching people enjoy over what I cooked. I have half a dozen ideas for different kinds of restaurants. It's a fun, indulgent fantasy, because I do not have time to be a mom, a writer, and a restaurant owner/chef.
3) I'd be an actress/singer. Yes, those fantasies from my childhood still linger. The fun and wonder of being on stage in front of an audience, the heart-racing excitement of performance. Sometimes I still think of it.
But I can't do it all. I love what I do, and I must content myself with that.
And you? If you could choose one other avenue for your life, what would it be?
7 comments:
Boy do you have fabulous aspirations!
I must say when I was a teen I wanted to be everything under the sun, from an EMT to a costume designer. When I started to write I realized all my dreams could come true... I could live the day of anyone I wanted (especially for research) and fulfill each dream.
That's the beauty of writing.
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That's an awesome way to look at it!
I definitely have fantasies... some I hope to still get a shot at when the kids get a lil older. I too would love to perform, but ONLY on stage. I have NO aspirations for movies, just Broadway. Anything with singing and dancing. Which translates into local productions at this point. I LOVED my international folk dance classes at BYU and wish I had learned to clog at an early age so I could actually be good at it. I also have culinary aspirations... though the idea of an actual restaurant is intimidating. I think I would just enjoy going to culinary school. I also really enjoy cake decorating. One of the biggest aspirations might seem funny to you, but I would have LOVED to be a sculptor. Yea, I know, I got my undergrad in art... but I am still way underqualified to be a bonified stone-wood-bronze sculptor. 3-D art is way more fun for me than painting, but I didn't discover how much I loved it until a year before I graduated. and without the training and the tools, it just can't happen.
I have more, but this comment is already too long. Maybe I'll do a post of my own inspired by yours. someday.
Well, I wouldn't open a restaurant because it would burn down the next day... but I would love to be a professional taste tester ;)
No, if I could do something else (or I should say when ;) ;)) I'd want to be an overall entertainer. Writer, sing and act. I know it sounds totally left field and I have no desire to be famous. Just to do those things would be real neat.
Great post!
I would also be a performer. sigh.
I agree with Jen - I discovered writing could let me live out all my fantasies without giving up anything in my real life.
I would love to open a bakery, become a singer, or run an animal shelter.
a bakery! I thought of opening a bread and butter restaurant only. I thought that would be so much fun.
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