New Year, New Me

Have you ever wondered what you are going to be doing in the future? I am sure you get sick of those "where do you see yourself in five years?" questions as much as I do. However, I am realizing more and more each day that I do not have a stable answer anymore. I want to make a difference. I want to solve world hunger...blah, blah, blah...I need to make my own path. I need to be the person Eryn is supposed to be. I need to be that Eryn God planned me to be.

I am thinking right now that I am going to be a college professor in Marketing. I would love to work in the field first, and then slowly get my Ph.D. and then apply for a teaching position at somewhere like Drake. Actually, not LIKE Drake, but AT Drake. I want to give back to the one university that has made such an impact on my life. I am less than halfway done with undergraduate schooling and I already know I am a better person because I attend Drake. How can I not want to teach the future world leaders?

I am looking forward to my future life with the man of my dreams and 2.5 kids in a house with a white picket fence and dog named Spot. Actually, let's make that a cat named Jingles. Cats are better. I want to be that intellectual businesswoman who is God-fearing and radiates Christianity all around. I want to be that person who shows integrity and love and compassion to everyone I meet. I want to be that person who is humble and who will never forget my roots.

Given all that, I need to keep myself in check. I need to keep documenting my life like I used to. I have three full journals from when I was younger, and they are basic, random, and have little emotion. Or so I thought. I was able to express all of my emotion just by recounting the events of my day. I think this is the single most important thing in my growth as a Christian and overall human being.

My New Year's resolution is to journal my thoughts and the events of the day. I need to do this for me so that I can get out of this horrible funk I have been in for the last several months. So here's to a wonderful 2011 with many journals and thoughts from the mind of Eryn. Hold on-it may be a wild ride!