what do you want to do with that?

I get this question multiple times a week. I guess it comes with being a twenty-year old college student. It starts off with somebody asking what I am studying in school. I tell them "journalism." Then they ask the question that is in the title of this blog..."what do you want to do with that?" I then proceed to give them a half-effort answer. I say something like "well I like the radio field and wouldn't mind doing something in the radio industry, but I just don't know 

right now."

The truth? I think I do know what I want to do. However, I am sometimes intimidated by what others will think about my career aspirations. Why do I think like that? Well because I don't want to just be a doctor or a lawyer or a whatever. I want to pursue a dream that few do and that few succeed at. I want to work in the radio industry.

I want to not just be some dude who helps out with promotions every once in awhile. I want to one day have an on-air position at some radio station. I want to start in overnights, then move to evenings, and then one day host a morning show. Somehow, I would also love to be able to spend some years calling baseball games on the radio. I would love to develop my own show and eventually offer it for syndication on small market radio stations around the country. I also would not mind being a promotions director as well while hosting a show. I want to wake up at 3AM to get ready to go do a 6AM-10AM radio show every morning. I know I can do this. I definitely have it in me. That would be my ideal job situation one day. Now do I think that all of this can happen? Yes. Will all these dreams come true? Probably not all of them, but I would like to think that some of them will. 

So if you or anyone else ever asks me what I want to do when it comes to a career, I probably will not give you the long answer I just typed out. More than likely, I will answer with a "I'm not totally sure yet." But that's because I just don't want you to think in your head "oh that young man is dreaming too big and complicated." I don't want to cause you stress or create any drama about it. 

that's all.