When I Grow Up

So after my friend and I had my trip down memory lane, we wondered how many of these people from high school ended up where they thought they would be. While it is especially easy to look at the people who had unexpected kids and think "wow, I bet they never thought this is how their life was going to be like," everyone's had twists and turns, big and small, that may have dramatically altered where they got to today.

While it may seem to people like I've wanted to be a lawyer for my entire life, that's definitely not been the case. I've actually thought of the jobs that I wanted before. Here they are in a semi-chronological order:

-Teacher
-Meteorologist
-Doctor (as all kids want to do)
-NASA Mission Control person (8th grade field trip)
-Stock Broker (very very short lived)
-Criminal Psychologist (too many episodes of Law & Order)
-Lawyer (see above)
-Solitictor General
-Political Consultant
-Government teacher/Professor
-Head of a non-profit
-Political Party Planner
-Chief of Staff to some politician
-Counsel for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
...and there has never been a time in my life I didn't want to be a mom (which I consider a noble profession as well)

I honestly have no idea what I want to do now but it's fun to think about all the people and events that inspired all these changes in what I wanted to be. It's a lot like the small events that lead us to meet our best friend, roommate, or signifcant other. Once again reminding me that everything works out and that I shouldn't stress out too much now about what kind of law (or law-related field) I want because the other things in my life have seemed to work out pretty well...my profession probably won't be different.