I remember being little and reading books at the wee hours of the morning, the sun had just risen and I was sitting on my couch reading almost all of my library books in one sitting. It was always me and my stepdad up early in the morning. I would be reading and he would be working. Reading has always been something that makes me happy no matter what. It is something I try to do when i'm feeling sad or bored because it takes me into a different life which can be nice sometimes. Writing has been something just like reading that I do when I need to let my feelings out or just escape what is happening in the moment.

Writing has always been a way for me to express my feelings and to get some things off my mind. I would always go right to my journal after a bad day and write what I might say to a friend if I ever needed to rant. It was the one thing that helped me in the hard times of my life especially when my stepdad died, it became my best friend. Writing has always made me happy because I am able to say whatever I am feeling and I feel 100X better.

While I have always had a passion for writing as you can tell through my Odyssey articles it wasn't until this semester that I knew I wanted to make a career out of it. I've always read books like it is my job and now I understand why I do that because I want to be the one writing books that so many people read. I've always had this dream of being the author that so many people have on their bookshelves in their houses or bedrooms and I think I have finally realized that I could be. I don't know where my writing will take me but I now know this is where I want to go with my life. I want to be spending so many hours at coffee shops all around the world writing because it is something that I will always be able to do and have fun doing it.

I honestly could never picture myself getting a degree in English until this semester when I decided this is something I have to do to make myself happy and to live my life the way I want to. I'm so excited to see where my writing takes me and I hope you follow along with me on my journey. I hope there comes a day that you find something that makes you as happy as writing does for me. Sometimes the hardest things to do are the most freeing. It took me a little while to figure out that a degree in English would make me the happiest and while I might not make a lot of money being a writer. I will be doing something that makes me happy and that should be your number one priority.