It started in high school. I just got this great idea that I would be amazing at cutting hair. So after months of begging Jenna, my sister, to let me experiment with her locks she finally gave in. It took hours and at first it was crooked and I cut it shorter than she wanted but the end result was amazing!
So then I started cutting my own hair (now I only style it and have someone else trim it...it just takes too long.) Sooo many people would compliment me on it and everyone loved Jenna's hair. I got a lot of requests and was cutting as many peoples hair as I could.
It was great...I was getting practice and they were finally walking out of a haircut happy with the results.
I went to college and stopped, but just started taking up the trade again. I LOVE it and find myself thinking "did I make the right choice? Should I really be here instead of Aveda?"
(I was always crafty and loved talking to people so I would have probably just went to beautician school if I wasn't guided to get a higher level of education.)
The answer is YES! I love the path that I am on right now. Advertising is so interesting and I am more than passionate about fashion and merchandising. I am combining the two and hopefully my spreads will be everywhere one day.
I want to be working for a magazine, ad agency, or just freelance...
an art director
photographer
image consultant
stylist
eventually editor in chief
and the list goes on....
I always express the multitude of things I want to accomplish to my sister who knows exactly what she wants (to be a doctor) and she can't grasp the many different passions of wanting to evolve and do more than one thing.
One day after I was flipping through a Vogue and I had said I will design a spread for them eventually.
She said no you're not. You aren't going to do half the things you say you are going to do.
I was shocked! I asked her if she was serious and she said she was.
I was so hurt by that. I felt that she didn't believe in me. I started to doubt myself and evaluate what is attainable and what I would never be able to achieve.
Finally I decided people are not going to believe in me and I have to work hard for what I want. Its not just as easy as saying I want to do it.
"I am so curious to see where you end up" is what I constantly hear.....I never know what to say to that because I am curious to see where life takes me as well.
I plan on redefining my career multiple times throughout my life.
Eventually one of these days I will probably end up cutting hair, for now its just a fun little hobby.
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Thanks for sharing... I love stories like this!
When I graduated college I still had no idea what I wanted to do, so I did the things that interested me most.
I wanted to play golf.
After some success as a junior and in college, I played professional golf unsuccessfully for a year and caddied to pay for it. Both things I was interested persuing a career in. In the end, it wasn't for me and I took a more traditional career path, although there is nothing traditional about CYL.
Even though I didn't get to where I wanted to go I am really happy I gave it a shot. There will never be a "what if" for me.
cliche alert****
Persue what makes you happy and you really can't go wrong.
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