Hello !
Now that I'm 21 (turning 22 in three weeks ?!) one of the most asked questions I get: "So, what do you wanna do when your grown up?" I am at the same time frustrated and scared of that question.
"Little" backstory (yeah brace yourself). After 9th grade when we have to choose do we want go to high school or vocational school. I had no idea what I wanted to do. At that time I wanted to become a interior designer. But I decided to go to high school to get my grades a little higher. Well in those three years at school I wasn't sure if I wanted to become a designer anymore (I realized I needed math and tbh I suck at that).
After high school I still didn't know what I wanted to do. So I applied to a three totally different schools. Tourism, cosmetologist and the one where I could build theater props. And I got accepted in the study of tourism. During that time I got a chance to do a trainee program at Levi, Lapland. I didn't even think twice going there. Even though it was over 800 km from home. It was three months including christmas and new year. So you can guess it was filled with a lot of tourist from all over the world. I worked in Levi Hotel Spa which had a spa, cafe and bowling alley downstairs. I loved every moment of it! The people, the atmosphere, the snow. I would go there again if I had the opportunity to do so.
Scenery from my window in Lapland.
After a year of studying tourism I felt unmotivated. Like it wasn't for me. So one day in class I started looking different schools. Mostly in the beauty industry. That day I applied to a school to become a hairstylist. I got into the entrance exam and there I had to roll the hair, do a braid and so on. After the interview I wasn't 100% sure if I could make it in to the school. But that summer I got an email saying "congratulations, you have been chosen" and I was over the moon.
18 months flew quickly and now I am officially a hairstylist. I worked in a salon for the summer and now I'm currently continuing my study in tourism and I'm graduating this christmas. While I'm studying I'm also working as a barista. And every time I meet new people or start a new job and people ask me about my education. And I tell them all of the above.
I'm 21 and I have a matriculation examination and a degree in hair and tourism. People are usually surprised about that. So that leads to people asking:
"Which job you want to do?" "Are you become a traveling hairstylist haha". HAHAHAHAH...no.
Wanna know? I still don't know. I know I love doing hair and makeup. I know I love tourism in a form of traveling. I love all my 35 plants I have at my apartment. Do I want to work with plants? Maybe. I love social media and posting there. Do I wanna work somewhere in social media. Most likely.
In ten years I will be 32. I may not know what job I will be doing. But I know that I won't be working in grocery stores check out. I will work in something that I truly like. Somewhere between beauty, plants and social media. When I'm 32 I probably will not be living in a apartment building. I would love to have a house which I can design and decorate how I want (of course my boyfriend (or husband at that time) will have his own opinions about decor: NO MORE PLANTS!) Meanwhile I'm currently trying to grow 18 chilies in my kitchen. But I'm not sure where we would live. Near the capital or back at our childhood town, who knows. But one thing I want to have in our home. A nice backyard, you know the one that isn't 2 meter from the other house and everyone can see there.
Do I have kids when I'm 32? I guess? I love kids (well when they're not acting out and throwing legos) but the idea of being pregnant kinda scares me.
But mostly I want to be enjoying my life. I want to travel the world with my man. I don't want to have 9 to 5 office job. That's the life I want to have in 10 years.
- Johanna
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