free2dance

Okay so I was just about to write another entry about how I got my dance shoes late and I need them by this weekend and they got put on back-order…but then I realized that I’m procrastinating right now! So, to get a little farther on this goal of mine, I’m logging out right now!!! (I do believe this deserves at least a simple “congrats!” :])

So I joined my high school yearbook this year. I’m a writer and I have at least one story for each month (up till April and starting in August). At first, it was pretty easy-going. I’d have to get two interviews done in two days, then have a rough draft by the end of the next week. But now, I find myself getting so overwhelmed with all the work I have to do. My yearbook advisor (our teacher) told me I should talk to this one guy for my boy’s soccer September story, not to quote him but get more background information on the season. He told me that in October and I just did a few days ago (the end of November). The stories I have done so far are AMIGOS (a program for students to visit Spanish-speaking countries), Chinese class (new this year to our school), Boys Soccer, Cheer, AP Art (Advanced Placement), and Girl’s Basketball. We also have to get coverage quotes to go on each story (we cover many students that would not be covered otherwise). My editor would like us to have 5 coverage quotes every Thursday. Today is Wednesday, I’ll be gone from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (it’s 5 right now) and my favorite show (So You Think You Can Dance) is on tonight. And to top it off, I’m writing a long entry right now instead of actually getting the quotes…it’s gonna be tough!

p.s. support is welcome and very much appreciated! any advice you have would be even more welcome and even more very much appreciated…if that makes any sense!

For almost my entire life, I’ve been writing. And I like it, I enjoy it, but I’m not really serious about it. My family has always assumed that I want to be a writer or have some career dealing with literature, but I don’t. This year, I joined my high school yearbook as a writer and that has just made my family believe even more that I want to be a journalist, writer, etc. And if you look at my other goals, I think you’ll find what I really do want to be: a professional dancer. I am so determined to fulfill this dream of mine, but I’m just so afraid of what my family, especially my parents, will think. I know that they are usually supportive of me, but I can just imagine them telling me that it’s not a practical job, that it’s hard, that it’s not a consistent job. I know that. But I don’t care. It’s everything to me. But mostly, I’m afraid that they’re not going to be proud of me if I choose this career path. I’ve decided I’m telling them soon, but I’m scared.