When I was a kid, my list included:

1. teacher
2. doctor
3. first woman president
4. artist
5. nun (I went to Catholic school, OK?)

It occurred to me recently that I have managed to incorporate elements of all of these roles into my work life!

1. I lead workshops and I teach at two local colleges.
2. I worked in health care for many years (although not as a doctor).
3. I have been president of just about every organization I’ve ever joined.
4. I am a graphic facilitator and get paid to draw! I’ve also been a professional dancer.
5. The big appeal there, I think, had to do with authority and community. (And uniforms. I like uniforms.) Now I live in a cohousing community, and teach other people how to do it. (Sadly, we do not have a uniform.)

How about you? How does your current life jive with the one you imagined when you were a child?

me & my sister circa 1973