I qualify for what??!! - Day 9

My god! I am only twenty-five and I qualify for Social Security income! You have to be working for ten years for these benefits. I have been working over ten damn years! How depressing is that? There are people my age that have barely started their first job, and I am in my eleventh year of the work world or what others might call the "real world". I have not had a summer off since my freshman year of high school. How awfully depressing. I have not had a moment of unemployment, in fact, I have had times where I had two or three jobs at once. And for what? Let me take a moment to reflect here:
1) My first car
2) Undeniably cute clothes and shoes....yummy... my favorite thing to spend money on
3) Independence!!
4) My Education
5) My Rent...back to the independence thing
6) Endless nights at 21 drinking...this lasted only a short while....my liver thanks me now
7) Travels- Backpacking Europe, Hawaii, Cabo, Road Trips through California...
8) My second car
9) A solid resume
10) A Purpose beyond "I don't know what I want to do with myself"

Okay. I feel better now. You know I could have been less motivated, but I did not allow myself to have the chance. I guess this is why I am documenting this journey into motherhood. Will my children see me as the young, motivated and excited person I was? If you watched Modern Family last night you could see my point. Claire met up with her old co-worker. The co-worker was career driven, childless, husband less, and on the top. Claire felt that she was only viewed as a "stay at home mom". It was a complete analogy of how I feel now. Family is more important than career, but it does feel good to work.