30 Day Challenge -- Day 2: Your Dream Profession
As I’m sure you gathered from one of my Facts from my Day 1 fill, I want to be a journalist. My current interest is in independent entertainment and right now, within that concentration, I’m interested in music. I don’t have a whole long list of people I’d like to interview, but I do have a list of experiences that I’d like to have.
I’m gonna be perfectly honest here. I decided to pursue journalism because I like learning and I live pretty vicariously (which journalism is a total enabler to). I also decided to become a journalist so I could meet a lot of talented and amazing people and pick their brains. I want that chance to get to know (and possibly befriend) those people that I’m not only a fan of, but personally influenced by. So, yeah, I guess that some of my career “goals” are somewhat selfish ones and the writing part of my job will be more of a consequence of my interactions with people, not the motivation for the interactions, but it is what it is, I guess.
Anyway, the question for today (well, yesterday really) was “describe” your dream job (not “explain in a really awful way how you decided upon it”) so I should probably write about that now. (Sorry about the awkward stream-of-consciousness style that I’m writing in right now, by the way.)
So, if I brewed up some Felix Felices and then looked 10 years into the future, I’d probably be working at a relatively small publication that did a lot of really great work and really intimate interviews with independent entertainers (musicians, dancers, theater groups, film makers, etc.). I’d spend every day getting to conduct interviews with people who are truly passionate about their work. I’d get to relive experiences with them and hear stories and lessons from them. I’d be sharing the inspiration that these people have with their fans and other people who also practice their craft. My dream job is basically to absorb as much about independent entertainment as possible and to share it with the world (and maybe make some friends along the way). I want to get to share a person’s feelings of passion and love and care for their craft with those who will appreciate it. So, no, it’s not actually all about my own personal search for knowledge or vicarious living experiences, it’s about sharing that knowledge and those experiences with others so they can feel that passion, drive, love, care and happiness too.
Long-story-short: I would love to be working for a pretty small publication (maybe a magazine or website or radio station) that allows me to connect on a more personal level than working for a really large publication would. I want that one-on-one interaction and that feeling of a true connection. I don’t want surface, I want depth. I want to be constantly surprised and inspired. I want to be that journalist that the artists I interview think of as a friend, not just another person with a note pad. I want to share stories and live vicariously (because if I can’t really do everything, then at least maybe I can come along for the ride, right?).