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I had a lot of little dreams as a kid. I only consider a select handful to be significant though.
1. Be an artist.
This was probably my very first dream. Note that it doesn't state a specific kind of art, and that it has nothing to do with being paid. I've just always wanted to be able to express my creativity somehow, whether it be with pencil, paint brush, sculpture, the computer, or, my personal favorite, my guitar.
I accomplish this goal consistently through my every day life. I'm the lead guitarist in a punk band, I write songs, I draw all the time, I've been known to do magic with photoshop, the list keeps going and grows every day.
2. Graduate High School.
I never decided to go to school. It was forced upon me. I never liked that, and it made school very hard for me. I hate doing things I don't want to do, but I've always understood the importance of education.
I graduated with a 3.6 GPA on March 31, 2005. I consider this the most well-earned accomplishment of my life.
3. Find a way to make a good living without going to college.
As I said, school and I don't get along. I vowed to myself when I graduated high school that I would never go to school again, let alone pay for it, but that I would make a good living for myself.
The answer to this one just kind of fell on me. I didn't find the sales industry, it found me. It's the perfect career for me. I've always been good at making people see things the way I do through debate. Now I do it for a living. I'm a 21 year old high school graduate with no college education whatsoever and I make a six-figure income. Take that college!
4. Make a difference in the music industry.
This is a goal that I haven't accomplished yet, but I get closer every day. As I said, I'm in a band, I'm in the process of starting a small label that I will grow as big as I can, and most importantly I have my views and beliefs that I will express through my music.
Overall I'm pretty satisfied with my accomplishments past, present, and future.
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"The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion..." - Henry Steel Commager
"Punk rock music is great music played by really bad, drunk musicians." -Fat Mike
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