At 12, I wanted to be a therapist.
At 15, I wanted to be a lawyer.
At 16, I wanted to be a journalist.
At 17, a politician.
At 19, I started college and things were supposedly starting to take shape in the city of big dreams and also great escapes.
At 22, my mind went blank and I started building based on instinct, curiosity, and drive. Iâm happy it has stayed that way.
Today, Iâm 24 and adulthood feels more real than ever.
Iâm two months away from finishing my Masters in Madrid. And in ideal terms, this experience should have given me an easy-to-follow-cookie-cutter path towards my path in life, or at least what Iâm supposed to do with my career life.
Yet I still donât know what that looks like. And Iâm not even sure I want to fit myself into a mold.
The times â they are a-changing â or so they say. However, the remnants of how people have done things before me still weigh heavy on my shoulders.
I should have a stable job by 25.
I should know towards where I want to point my life, exactly.
I should already be setting down my roots in the place I want to live for the rest of my life.
But the ârest of my lifeâ is not guaranteed. The only thing that is, is now.
And although confusion, dreams to be fulfilled, and a lot of actions to be taken fill up my mind â thereâs a lot of gratitude as well for the little teenage girl that changed her mind every so often about which path to point her life towards.
She wanted to be a therapist. So, she learned about psychology to understand herself.
She wanted to be a lawyer. So, she learned about dialogue, negotiation, and communication within an ever-changing world to help her feed her ambition.
She wanted to be a journalist. So, she set herself to write the stories that she wanted to be part of.
She wanted to be a politician. So, she learned about society, history and the people that have shaped it to remind her she can shape the world on her own.
Today I know that trusting her is always the best decision to take. Whatever she wants to be, Iâll follow her lead.
Every single interest Iâve taken in life has taken me to the place I am right now. Every single spark of curiosity has caved the path towards experiences that have fulfilled my days with stories to remember. Every person along the way has become part of a network of dreams that inspire my own.
Yes, adulthood feels more real than ever but so does my drive for making (and trusting) things happen my way.
Sometimes you donât have to know the end result to feel certain that a first step needs to be made â to feel certain that a first step is all it takes.
So, today point that arrow toward where you think you want to go. It might end up landing in the places, stories, and communities where youâve always been supposed to be â the ones you make your own.
Bienvenido a este nuevo espacio â prĂĄctica en pĂșblico. Este es un espacio en el que me prometo por un mes escribir algo, pero escribir. Gracias por montarte conmigo. Disfruta đ«
P.S. ÂżDe dĂłnde viene la inspiraciĂłn? Este concepto esta totalmente inspirado por Seth Godin y su newsletter. AquĂ puedes leer mĂĄs del concepto.