Who did I think I was?!

What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in?

Photographer. I was sure I wanted to be a wildlife photographer for National Geographic.

At seventeen I started college as a journalism major and guess what I found out?

I didn’t like writing. I had no typing skill, the deadlines freaked me out and I thought there would be more emphasis on photography. There was actually none. Looking back, I can laugh a little at my young self. If you don’t know, a wildl life photographer spends hours (which turn into days and weeks even months) staying perfectly still waiting for a perfect shot. In the middle of nowhere, aka the wilderness. I can barely camp for a full night, which I think of as enduring, not as many think of it, as fun. I have no sense of direction. Without maps on my phone I can get lost on back streets behind my own home. (not an exaggeration, you can ask my kids or G who if you do, will just pitch his eyebrows in exasperation)

Not to mention the patient sitting part. Okay right there, not me. I can’t sit through an entire sporting event. I mean I can, but again its an act of utter endurance. I know this now because I have been forced to politely sit through many long baseball games. Where at my own home I can stay happily busy while G watches the Celtics, (I even like the sound in the back ground, I watch a little here and there, I get to know the team characters (players, coaches etc) Here, you must sit on the couch and politely watch as nothing happens for literally hours.

It’s become my time for writing this blog! Still the sitting… .

I love animals, I love nature. I admire beautiful footage and amazing still shots, but wild life photographer was never going to be a dream career for me!