\u2026 Like I am every year, promising myself at the beginning that I will “write more and create my own business”. Kind of like a New Year’s Resolution where you promise you’re going to go to the gym three times a week. You actually follow it for a month, then it wanes until you look up and it’s April and you hadn’t gone to the gym in 10 days.<\/p>\n
That’s what I’ve treated blogging\/writing\/creating like. I’ll burn myself out, get lazy, lack ideas, and then say I’ll try again some other time. I’ve been putting it off because I’m only 22; I’ve felt as if I’ve had all the time in the world.<\/p>\n
And I still do! However, I’m graduating in May with a degree in public relations and a cognate in sociology. So that means I’m in game-time mode. What do I want to do with my life? Where do I want to live? I have such a broad degree, I know I have the world at my hands when it comes to what I can do.<\/p>\n
But here’s the thing \u2026 I don’t think I want to do public relations. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I want to work for anyone at all.<\/p>\n
*GASP*<\/p>\n
That’s right, four years and thousands of dollars later, I’m pretty sure the degree I have, although extremely beneficial, isn’t what I want to do. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s a journalism degree, which is exactly the field I wanted to be in. I grew up with visions of broadcast journalism and writing for cutting-edge editorials, but the in-state tuition public relations offered was calling my name.<\/p>\n
All that being said, I’m in the midst of ~finding myself~. I could bite the bullet and get a corporate PR job. Or… I could create my own space and work for myself.<\/p>\n
At 3 a.m., asleep on the couch of my boyfriend’s parents’ house, I had an epiphany. For some reason, freelance writing popped into my mind with no prompting. For the past two weeks, I have been consumed with the possibility. I enjoy writing, I enjoy writing\u00a0alone<\/em>, and I enjoy making money doing things I enjoy. Sounds like a no brainer right?<\/p>\n So now I’ve set my goal as being a fully functioning freelance writer by the summer. A lofty goal, but from the many Pinterest stories it’s not an impossible one. And if I actually stop watching thriller Netflix shows for five minutes and sit down and create, who knows how far I’ll go.<\/p>\nPlanning it all out<\/h2>\n