Dream and Shoot for the Stars....Until You're a Grown Up.

Lately, I have been feeling frustrated. I have been frustrated with the people who ask me what I'm doing after I graduate in 2 weeks. 

My answer: 
I have spent the past 16 years of my life in education. I have been learning, and pushing myself through school to get a degree. I will be graduating in 10 days, but the past 6 months have been spent writing theses and papers and studying to actually ensure that I walk across a stage and get mailed my diploma. Let me take a breather and figure it all out after the stress of finals and senior year are done. 

And... If I told you I want to be a librarian working in Children's Literature Archives or in ANY library setting.... You'll give me the same speech I have heard a dozen times since developing my plan:

"Is there money in that?"
"You have student loans to think about." 
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" 

What happened to the days when people built you up and said, "Hey, you're smart! With hard work and dedication you can do ANYTHING. You can BE anything."

Once you hit your twenties... people don't tell you to do what you want to do, to follow your dreams... they tell you to find a job with money. Find a job that is financially responsible... even if you hate it. 

I will not.  I will not fall into a job I hate just because it pays. I won't do it. I want to live the happiest life I can. I want to be inspired by my work. I don't want to spend the majority of my life working towards nothing. I want to work towards a dream, I want to spend my life surrounded by books, and if I hear how it's a bad idea one more time, I'm going to lose it. 

Let me have my dreams. 

-AFrustratedEnglishMajorAboutToGraduate