NYC

Today, I want to move to NYC cand start over. I want to work for a publishing company or a wedding planner or a theatre or a magazine. Anywhere where I can wear a dress and fabulous shoes and take the occaisional lunch break in Central Park. Think Carrie Bradshaw: fabulous shoes, fabulous friends, fabulous men. And no trace of my past, no trace of them, and most importantly, nothing holding me back.

Popular

Today, I want to be wildly popular, with a million friends, people to go out to dinner with, people to love :) I want to be the life of the party and the most sought after lunch date on the block.

Magazine

Today, I want to write for a fashion magazine. Or a food magazine. Or a wedding magazine. Or the magazine they distribute to members of the American Dental Association. It would also be cool to complement this with mad photo skills.

Millionaire

Today, I'd like to marry a millionaire. It would be splendid to not have to worry about how I'm going to pay my rent or deny myself pretty things and if I married a millionaire, I would not need a million jobs anymore. Sounds peaceful.

Student

Today, I want to be an epically great grad student. I was AMAZING in undergrad. I loved school and studying. Or did I? Perhaps it was just easier then with 1 job, not 5 and a place without distractions that the city has. Either way, I'd like to be motivated, organized, impressive again.

Downtown

Today, I want to be one of the people that work in the highrises downtown. Fancy shoes, crossword puzzles on my morning commute, and a reason to wear a dress everyday (as if I need one) AND when people ask where you work, downtown sounds dreadfully glamourous, non?

Wedding Planner

Today, I want to be a wedding planner. I love love. All kinds of love. Family love, friendly love, pet love, but most of all, romantic love. And celebrations of love (from girl's nights to silver anniversaries) are always so beautiful, so important. Being an integral part of making a couple's dreams of their big day come true is a thrill, a rush, a dream come true for me.

Oxford

Today, I want to read English at Oxford. I mean, who doesn't? But the buildings, the air, it's all so much smarter, brighter, promising in Oxford. I'm certain people would take me much more seriously.

Starlet (3/15)

Today, I want to be a star on Broadway. I'll lose 85 pounds or so and belt my face off night after night to more than just slightly drunk gay men at Sidetrack and Jason Blitman :) I really really really miss singing.

Assassin (3/14)

Today, I want to be an assassin. A pretty, Irish assassin. It looks like a pretty good gig in Boondock Saints, right?

Gentility (3/13)

Today, I want to be a Southern gentlewoman, speaking with a soft, slow drawl and rocking a frosted, stacked bob. I'll make PB & J's alongside mint juleps for my lovely little brood and adoring, adorable husband. Life would be calmer, softer, slower. And today, all of those little things sound too lovely for words.

A Great Writer

Today, I want to be a great writer, the kind who fearlessly vwrites and furiously feels stories that people fall in love with. I want to enchant people with my words.

PS~ Also, I'd like to be like Andie Anderson in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Because I love magazines, I'm great at advice columning, and damn it, I can write too.

When I Grow Up...

Since I'm 23 now, it's probably time to decide what I want to do with my life, what i want to be when I grow up. I'm a little too interested in everything and like to dabble in anything, but I am on the PATH to finding my personal legend, as Paulo Coehlo so nicely described in his novel, The Alchemist. So this blog is dedicated to the daily logging of what I want to be when I grow up on any given day :) And why...It started out as a journal activity between my roommate and I, but she figured it all out. I'll catch up with the journaled ones and then start adding on. Enjoy the journey with me as I try to figure out how to be a grown up, what exactly it is you are supposed to do when you are a grown up, and what I want to be when I grow up.