The Future // Encouraging Others

It is that time of my academic career where I am forced to start deicing what to do after graduation and with my future. EEK!

I have a slight idea of what I want to do and once I started doing some research and looking into it I got super pumped about it. I didn't have a fully thought out, polished plan yet. Just a little idea that sparked some inspiration in me. I was so excited about the idea and how genius I was for coming up with it and happy that I finally had a somewhat plan for my future that I just couldn't keep it in any loner. I had to tell someone, stat!

Now this starts as a sad story, but I promise it turns around at the end.

I told my mom and I told my boyfriend. And you know what they said? They thought it wasn't the best idea, and that I would hate doing that as a job, or I would get sucked into the job and not live a happy life. I know deep down their responses were out of love and concern for me. They are only looking out for me and want to protect and help me do my best. I am 100% sure of that and the motivation for their initial reactions.

It was kind of them, it just wasn't what I wanted to hear at that moment. I was caught up in the newness and excitement of my idea and of the possibilities of the future and just wanted someone to be excited with me. I know that before any serious first steps are made that the logistics and so much more will need to be figured out and thought about, but when you have a baby of a seed of an idea you need a "HELL YEA!"

You need some positive energy that believes in you! You don't necessarily need for them to 100% get it or love your idea. They need to love it for you and believe in it for you.

There comes a time when you need a super close reader to edit your whole plan and point out possible hardships and mistakes, but not right away. You need both kinds of people and energy to make an dream a reality.

So this post isn't to say get rid of those who don't say YES right away. This is a post to remind you that you can believe in yourself to do things and then invite others along for the ride later when you need them. And in return you might inspire them to take a baby step towards something that might have seemed crazy or impossible to even think about let alone say out loud. In the future if someone comes to you with a spark in their eyes and a small idea, get excited and pumped up with them! It will encourage a circle of encoring and dreaming and encoring and dream and...

-Abigail