Between the fifth and sixth set of traffic lights on my long uninteresting drive to work, I had the increasingly nagging realisation that I may have, quite possibly, just maybe, chosen wrong in life...
I always wonder where I’d be if I did so many things differently so really loved reading this! I often wish I could see into the future to get reassurance on decisions 😂
I watched Look Both Ways this weekend on Netflix (super easy watch) and it’s very similar to what you wrote about and the different futures/what ifs etc - really recommend!
I loved this Natalie! It definitely took me back to the times I’d drive for hours to and from work and also think the same types of things.. I wonder if I .. what if I didn’t do.. sometimes they were lovely thoughts and others made me realise how smart I was in some of the decisions I made too! Thank you for bringing back these memories :)
I think about this sometimes, too! For years I wanted to be an accountant and ended up changing my mind during my first year of college. I also really loved math (And was good at it! Now I don’t remember anything haha) and had signed up to take an advanced math class that first year but one of the advisors talked me out of it because it was for upperclassmen. I always wonder what my life would have been like if I had taken that math class, or if I’d decided to continue with accounting!
Sometimes I think about changing my career completely and doing something different (like law school, even though this makes no sense with my personality, or coding, or or or...). Writing a newsletter has actually cured some of this restlessness and made me realize that I actually really enjoy my current career!
I didn’t get the grades I needed at school to do graphic design or go to art school as I had dreamed of. I left school at 16 and went to college and did beauty therapy for 3 years. At the age of 43, I continue to make a living in the beauty industry as a lash stylist, which I do enjoy. I did go back to study a bit of illustration and graphic design at night school in my early twenties but I didn’t complete the course as I got married then opened a salon. At times, I do wonder where I would be if I had stuck in at my art/illustration work...
I always wonder where I’d be if I did so many things differently so really loved reading this! I often wish I could see into the future to get reassurance on decisions 😂
I watched Look Both Ways this weekend on Netflix (super easy watch) and it’s very similar to what you wrote about and the different futures/what ifs etc - really recommend!
I loved this Natalie! It definitely took me back to the times I’d drive for hours to and from work and also think the same types of things.. I wonder if I .. what if I didn’t do.. sometimes they were lovely thoughts and others made me realise how smart I was in some of the decisions I made too! Thank you for bringing back these memories :)
I think about this sometimes, too! For years I wanted to be an accountant and ended up changing my mind during my first year of college. I also really loved math (And was good at it! Now I don’t remember anything haha) and had signed up to take an advanced math class that first year but one of the advisors talked me out of it because it was for upperclassmen. I always wonder what my life would have been like if I had taken that math class, or if I’d decided to continue with accounting!
Sometimes I think about changing my career completely and doing something different (like law school, even though this makes no sense with my personality, or coding, or or or...). Writing a newsletter has actually cured some of this restlessness and made me realize that I actually really enjoy my current career!
I didn’t get the grades I needed at school to do graphic design or go to art school as I had dreamed of. I left school at 16 and went to college and did beauty therapy for 3 years. At the age of 43, I continue to make a living in the beauty industry as a lash stylist, which I do enjoy. I did go back to study a bit of illustration and graphic design at night school in my early twenties but I didn’t complete the course as I got married then opened a salon. At times, I do wonder where I would be if I had stuck in at my art/illustration work...