Just stop and ask someone, I bet they have a cool answer. I know being a 18 year old, just about to leave for university, I have a ton bouncing around in my head. I asked some of my friends what their one thing would be. These are some of their answers...
' I would travel, just drop everything and go meet new people'
' I would go buy a house in big sur on the ocean'
' I would get a bunch of tattoos, maybe sleeves or something'
' I would bring a piano to public places like the middle of walmart or a park and just play what I want, whenever I want'
I bet you are now wondering well Shania, you've told us examples and your friends one things but you haven't told us yours! Well I have a few...
- I would love to just pick up and go travel, not worry about money
- Get a camper van and travel across Canada and America in it
- I would also love to get my hair put into dreads
- Be a saloon girl or a saloon keep like in those old west movies my grampie shows me... Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke is so cool (I mean who doesn't want to work in a place full of cute cowboys...)
- And if you read one of my previous posts you know I wouldn't mind dancing on bars in a place like Coyote Ugly
But just as you think 'yah I'll do it, I only live once!', you start to think about the aftermath. Like will this affect me getting a job? Will this affect me being taken seriously by others? Could I lose my job for this? (Because some jobs do not let you have facial piercings in) Will I make money this way? Will guys or girls not like me because of this? Will I run out of money? There are so many things to wonder about. I think about how I've always wanted to be a primary teacher. How I already know I'm going into a competitive field. How I know my friends and family wouldn't care if I had dreads or if I worked at night in some bar or saloon, but just cause the wonderful people I surround myself with won't care doesn't means others won't. I am the first to admit I really don't care what people think of the way I dress or conduct my life, but as much as that's true I still have to think big picture. I have to remember one day I want to get a job in a school. The people interviewing me might not be as keen on dreads or tattoos or being a moonlight bar keep. I have to think about how someday I want to meet a guy and get married, and I want his family to like me! Yes I know people say well you're marrying the guy not his family and who cares if they disapprove of your life choices, or appearance. That is true to an extent, I am not one to change for anyone, but I am a huge family person and I want them to like me duh!! But that's thinking way in the future. Back to the big picture thing. I have had this dream of being a teacher since I was like 5 so I would like to do everything to get me there. I want to experience life and take risks but I don't want to do something stupid and get a criminal record. I want to party in university and have fun, but I don't want to mess away both mine and my parents hard earned money and all my hard work up until this point.
So I don't think I'm the only 18 year old in the world that thinks about doing something crazy or drastic every now and again. I think it's all about dreaming of exploring everything the world has to offer. I can tell you I probably am more of an over thinker and worrier than most so I may need some crazy friend that gets me to take risks and go a little crazy sometimes. So who knows in a few years I could be posting on this very blog about how I just got some tattoo or danced on some bar or bought a camper van or bought a plane ticket out of no where. Who knows...... like I said I'm only 18, I've got quite the adventure ahead of me.
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