Realist Much

What do youREALLYwant to be?

I remember tweeting about wanting to be an astronaut. I don't remember asking anyone back about it, but I got a quiet feedback from a few friends. One told me they want to be a flying attendant, and I actually don't remember the rest HAHA. But anyways, probably some of us have thought of that one dream job, that one thing that you always want to do, that one profession you always want to become. And those are usually the types of job that our parents--at least in my country--always cultivate in our minds. Those jobs are the exclusive ones, not that we, as a child, would notice. Those jobs are probably these, not in any sort of order:

- Pilot

- Astronaut

- Doctor

- Flying Attendant

- President

- Fashion Designer

- etc

I said exclusive, not impossible. Yes, there are people that actually doing it professionally (I'm having a hard time thinking anyone could ever be an astronaut for hobby, though) but it isn't easy. There's always that one thing that gets in your way, or it could be an accumulation of several things. For instance, personally, I can't possibly be an astronaut because I'm 20 and I live in this country where I'm sure there's no astronaut school and profession. To go somewhere that would have that kind of school, say U.S or Japan, I need to have money and language (Japan of course) and I simply have neither. I am 20 and I have no job. So, yeah. That friend of mine, who wants to be a flying attendant, she is physically able, she is tall and slim, I could definitely see her becoming what she wants to be, so I encouraged her. But she told me all this time she was wearing contact lens, and flying attendants should have healthy, normal eyes. Too bad for her too, I guess..

So, what I'm trying to say is, we are adults now. I don't mean being pessimistic, but I'm not sure too much optimism is useful either. Just be realistic, but hopeful. I mean, what's the good in waiting to become what you dream of? If you can actually realize it, that's great! But what if you're more like me and my friend? I say don't wait up all night, life is too long to wish, but to do, too short. So, I say just do what you able to do right now and what you love! I'm sure there's something else :) We're humans! We are a natural greed, one is never enough :p