You know how through your life, you are always given a question of 'where do you see yourself in ten years?' -you get it through all the years of school, you get it in your first job, etc… A way of accessing where you are in the world, or your goals, or…whatever it is. Perhaps to straighten you out a bit, put you on a path-give you a torch to find your way into your world, a pen to help you write your story.
So, I was just wondering… Ten years ago, when/if you were asked that–what would you have said about today? Where would you have thought you would be ten years ago-today.
Ten years ago, I was roaming the hills of Colorado. I was free and my imagination soared. I wanted to be a great many things, from a National Geographic photographer, to a pilgrim migrating on the Oregon Trail. But when I envisioned my future–I always thought I'd be in Washington, living in a house boat–a marine biologist. Studying the whales and wearing wellies. A dog, scottish terrier–to come home to every night. Of course, this changed on a regular basis. But I just knew in my heart that I'd be working with animals.
Ten years later and I'm living in Ireland…as a photographer. I'm not in a boat, and I haven't seen any whales yet. No scottish terrier-but I do have some cute wellies to splash about in. I haven't made it to National Geographic yet-but who knows…
Never in a million years would I imagine that I'd be living abroad-with a husband…my best friend. Right now I'm in my own-I feel like I'm in my skin and that nothing else would make sense right now. Of course there are things I want-there are the dreams of a big family, the dreams of our perfect house, the ideas of travelling and memories to rack up, the photographs I can't wait to take and the years piling on. But right now, in this space, in this time, in this shell…in this skin I feel good.
Where did you see yourself in ten years, compared to where you really are?
