This past week I was lucky enough to be blessed with an awesome birthday present from the bestie, tickets to Wicked the musical 🙂 It was such an unforgettable experience and I loved the story-line, the characters, the music, and the overall production. Even now thinking about it, I still feel a bit giddy and my insides feel like jumping up and down like a crazy person. Watching something that well put together really brought up emotions in such a unique way that took me back to some old dreams I had growing up.
To be clear though, I’ve always wanted to be in the medical field since I was very young. And I’m definitely happy to be a nurse. But looking through my timeline of “What Does Sasha Want To Be When She Grows Up,” I’ll tell you that I used to want to be a pediatrician, and then I wanted to be a basketball player, I’ve wanted to delve into architecture, and then interior design, and even psychology. Yes, random. And people have also asked me, if you weren’t a nurse, what other non-medical related field would you choose? I usually say the same thing, probably an English professor or a writer, or something related to art or teaching.
But what you don’t know is that I’ve had this crazy far-fetched dream of working in art/entertainment productions. I’ve always wanted to direct something like “Wicked” or even those awesome concerts where you have to think about the lighting, sound, production, and everything else involved in those kinds of things. I’ve wanted to be a director and create my own movies, create my own stories, and present them in a way that touches the lives of those who watch it. When you watch things that move you and inspire you the way I’ve been touched and moved by things I’ve seen, there’s always that challenge of wanting to replicate that kind of sentiment for others around me.
When I was in the media ministry at my old church, I got to work behind the scenes for our worship services and concerts and I loved it so much. I’ve worked in filming and projection and a bit in sound. I’ve seen what it looks like to have planned for a service and to prepare for every minute, for every intro and closing, and for every transition. There’s so much detail involved and I seriously felt and loved the thrill of being part of a production that instills so much emotion into it’s audience. It feels awesome.
Is it that surprising that I’m interested in something like this? hahaha Maybe not, huh? But even though I may never get to fulfill this old dream, it has certainly never left me. Maybe I’ll come back to it later. Maybe I’ll never touch it in my lifetime. But from what I’ve seen, my dreams have been constantly evolving. It’s crazy how differently the things I’ve wanted have changed over the years. One thing’s for sure, I’ve always wanted to be a positive influence in this world, and I know that no matter how different my dreams and goals may be in the next 10 years of my life will be, I’m always going to strive to be better and to make this world better.