Thoughts and Perspectives From the Mind of a Common Girl
Well, here’s more of what I’ve been up to this week. Each week we have a quick sketch that’s due on Wednesday, and then by Sunday, we turn in a final drawing. This is my Wednesday sketch. I’m still not sure what my final layout will be for Sunday. I’ll be starting it tonight, and I think I’ll be adding another book and possibly a bottle to give my still life a little more interest. Wish me luck, cause it’s for my mid-term project and worth nearly half my grade. Yikes! 😉
Hey Everyone,
I know it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything and so I thought I’d give you all a quick update. I haven’t been shirking my blogging responsibilities out of choice, just been really busy because I’m back in school now and it’s taking up a lot of my time.
So today, I wanted to share what I’ve been doing in one of my classes. I decided to take a fun class to begin with, and here’s one of the drawings I recently completed. It’s been so much fun getting back into sketching, which I really haven’t done much of since high school (which was 30 years ago), but it’s slowly coming back to me. Anyway, it’s always good to revisit the things we used to enjoy, all in order to see if we still find pleasure in them years later. I’ll try to share more photos of my work from time to time.
Hope all of you have been well. I’ll try to catch up on reading all of your blogs as soon as I can. And if there’s something I’ve missed that you’d like to share with me, then please leave a link to your post in the comments below. I always love it when you guys share things with me like that. 😉
Now that you’re all grown-up, tell me… What did you want to be when you were younger and did you eventually achieve your goal?
My parents told me that I wanted to be a singer and dancer when I grew up, although I have no recollection of ever saying such a thing. I only remember thinking that I wanted to be a marine biologist. And the funny thing is, I really have no idea what exactly a marine biologist does. So if you’re a marine biologist… do share!
After graduating high school, I enlisted in the Army, and worked as an Intelligence Analyst for the next 5 years. Once my enlistment was up, I decided it was time for a change. I still had an interest in the science field, and so I pursued a degree in biotechnology. I ended up working at a biotech company and stayed there for 7 years. So I guess in a way, my dream of being in a science type field, did eventually come true.
The thought of being a singer or a dancer scares me to death, so I have no idea why I would have said such a thing. I suppose this just shows how much we really do change over time. Our ideas about what we should do with our lives, fluctuates all the time, and it can be frustrating when certain things we thought we should do, don’t turn out the way we had hoped.
Anyway, this was just something I was thinking about today. Leave me a comment and tell me what you wanted to be when you grew up, and if you haven’t grown up yet, what do you still hope to become?
Putting My Feet in the Dirt 