Dear Twenty-Eight Year Old Tyson,
In ten years I will be twenty eight, but as of today I am eighteen and a Freshman in college. I recognize that not everything goes as planned, and it is very possible that I will look back on this post in ten years and laugh at how silly my plans were for twenty-eight year old me. But as of age eighteen I have a plan for future Tyson.
I am attending the University of South Carolina to earn a degree in Public Relations. I also plan to get this degree in three years as opposed to the traditional four year college experience and I am well on my way to doing so. When I graduate at twenty-one I would like to have multiple internships that will "wow" major companies and assist me in getting a job at a major company. I hope that there will be a job opportunity present in the South so I won't have to leave this place I love. In this grand plan that I have envisioned I see myself in an apartment in a bustling city. I see myself working hard to work my way up in the standings of a company while gaining the experience I need to be successful in this world. It would be silly of me to not mention my personal dreams as well as my occupational dreams. By twenty-eight I would hope to be married and not have kids just yet. I hope that I would have traveled and done some crazy things before I begin settling down for kids.
This well thought out dream that I have for my future self is nothing without a substantial plan to back it up. By next semester I will technically be a Sophomore and with the two Spanish courses I plan to take this summer at my community college I will start next year as a Junior. In my next year of college I want to study abroad in my Spring semester. Studying abroad will give me an opportunity to broaden my knowledge of communicating with others. I have signed up with Habitat for Humanities to gain some experience in their office doing P.R. for them.The summer after my Junior year I would like to get an internship away from home if possible and hopefully in a large city. I already have a savings account in which I put money away periodically, more during the summer than any other time. This savings account will help me get a jump start on starting my new life. As for getting married there is nothing I can do to prepare for that one except wait on the perfect guy, whether or not I have already found said guy will only be known after some time has passed.
I am very excited about my future and though I hope that I have this "perfect" life that I have envisioned the more realistic side of myself is very aware of the way life has a tendency to stray away from the way I believe it should go. Because I am well aware of this aspect of life I am open to new opportunities, experiences and most importantly I am open to change. Stubbornness to change is the only sure-fire way to fail at anything. Finally, to myself I hope that I always remember through every struggle that I face that "Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride", Gary Allen.
Sincerely, Eighteen-Year-Old Tyson
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