Childhood days were fun, and that phase of my life didn't end without me having diverse dreams of what I wanted to become in the future, the same as other kids as well. While some children don't live the dreams they dreamt, others actually live the dreams they nursed right from childhood to adulthood,bringing those fantasies into reality.
It's also common to see many children gradually shifting away from their original dream as they continue to grow, explore their world, and be exposed to diverse knowledge. Suddenly , some children start developing new interests in other careers, and some just go with the flow , whatever is available. Let it be as long as I make a living. Someone told me recently that all these pursuit of courses are all cruise, that as for him, anything to survive is just okay as long as his earning is legit,his one-time childhood dream doesn't matter, hehehe.
As for me, I had lots of imagination as a child. I aspired to become many things. Today,it's this; tomorrow, it's that, just like my child is acting already. He has been talking about becoming a civil engineer for a long time, but this year, he changed it to firefighter, lol. I am sure he will still change it again until he finally matures a bit and is ready to take such an important career decision.
So one of my earliest childhood dreams was to become a newscaster. I so much loved this; I wanted to be seen on TV and heard on the radio. Back then, I read news in my school and in my church whenever there was an event that called for that. It was as if I had the talent because my presentation was always epic. I remember trending in our community over the news I read during a school graduation. I mimicked those newscasters and did it diligently. At a point, I started gathering information within our vicinity, writing it on a plain sheet, gathering my fellow kids, and keeping them entertained with news.
It was mad fun those times, but then, when I was in my senior secondary school, I hated art subjects, especially history and literature. That was the end of my dream. I switched to science immediately and started dreaming of becoming a nurse., hahaha! However , this second dream wasn't dreaming when reality came knocking, as I am so emotional. I can't withstand a sick person; I will cry and cry as if I am the patient. I can't even imagine punching someone with a needle, not to mention laying my hands on them with other complicated procedures as a professional nurse. So this realization changed my dream again...lol.
Finally , I settled on being a dental technologist. At least in this one, I don't really deal with patients directly as much except in rare cases. I deal with practical models where all dental appliances are constructed before fitting them in the patients' oral cavity. But then, I haven't been practicing for some time now due to family reasons. I now found myself as a writer and a realtor making a living from it as well.
If I have an opportunity, I would love to live my earliest childhood dream, which is to be a newscaster. Deep down within , I still love this career, but I don't know how to bring it into reality anymore at this point in life.
Life happens, but some dreams don’t die; rather, they wait for the right season.
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