14th
Hope for the future.
I just came back from dropping my sister off at school and prior doing so I had this thought in my mind, I was thinking of the future and what it holds. As I was driving I started admiring all the houses near her school, Hilltop Middle, and as I was doing so I was saying to myself, ” I want that, I’m going to have that, I’m going to live in a house like that”. One street in particular called Peppertree caught my attention, it was full of the most beautiful homes, like the ones you see in movies, not brand new but like 70’s or 80’s built. Big house on a big lot, white picket fence, even some gated or walled, with nice luxury cars parked out front, a nice garden and green lawn. Otay Ranch and Eastlake have nice houses but these these are; you have to see them yourself to understand I guess.I thought, how do these people afford these houses? What do they do for a living? How old were they when they had purchased these estates? I knew these people had respectable and high paying jobs but I wanted to know what exactly.
I don’t know what the future has in store for me but I know I have control of it. I know I want to be something in the medical field, maybe a Pediatric Nurse, a Doctor(Pediatrician), Surgeon or a Pharmacist. Careers like these take time to get to, something in the range of 7-10 years, but the pay off is worth it. And you may be thinking, am I all about money? No, I see money as a by-product in the reward you get from the patients you help or in other words an incentive to the work chosen. And that money just so happens to be a lot. Working a job that you don’t like just for the money can be rewarding financially but emotionally in the long run it wouldn’t be worth it. I, myself, find reward in helping others. I wouldn’t feel right if I didn’t do anything regarding helping others. There are other jobs out there for me to choose like Phlebotomy or Respiratory Therapy. Yes, you come in contact with a person but I feel that drawing a person’s blood or giving a breathing treatment isn’t as rewarding as helping someone recover from an injury or giving treatment to an open wound. I do it for the person.
When I grow up I want to be able to afford the finer things in life, to travel the world, to buy that over-the-top luxury car, to own that estate, to have a family and live life. I want to persue a career listed above not just for me, but for my family and friends, so they won’t have to live a life of hardship and struggle. I know I’m going to be successful in life.
