Assignment 8 Victor Allison

Fears: Pain, ostracism, helplessness
Annoyances: Stubborn people, ignorant people, inability to succeed at some things
Accomplishments: Doing well at school so far, decent at cross country as of right now
Confusions: What career path should I take
Sorrows: I'm pretty short and uncoordinated
Dreams: Make money, do exciting and unique things
Idiosyncrasies: I try hard to find something entertaining to do
Risks: Running very little during the week and still being expected to perform at cross country meets
Beloved Possessions: Food until I eat it (then and now), TV (also then and now), the outdoors
Problems: Performing academically, sports, doing fun things, deciding on a college, deciding on what to do after college

"What do you wanna be when you grow up?" Everyone has most likely been asked this question at some point in their lives, probably many times. The question, "What's your favorite subject?" and later on in life, "What field of study would you like to go into?" can be interpreted in to mean almost the same thing. Although requiring an answer of sometimes only one word, at some point in my near future the answer to these questions will be of utmost importance. Because however simple they may be, we're dealing with what'll be taking up the next 40-60 years of one's life. Someone's favorite subject in school doesn't dictate his future profession, and the class that a college student frantically prepares for in the wee hours of the morning doesn't necessarily decide that either. But if I had one specific subject rose to the top of my mental ranks, one class that yanked my undivided attention from the countless distractions scattered around the room like so many unwatered plants requiring my unceasing care, my future might be infinitely easier to envision. Do I want to be a doctor? Lawyer? Engineer? Am I even willing to put in the effort to be any of these things? Am I sharp enough to be a businessman? Am I visionary enough to be an entrepreneur? What will I succeed at? Will I enjoy a specific profession even if I don't succeed at it? Perhaps I should try and narrow my options, but then I would run the risk of leaving out a scenario that I might thrive in. Would that I could split the timeline of my future into many different parallel paths, so that I might live out many different lives at once.