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Short & Long Term Goals of My Career:

S – My short-term goal is to finish College with a Bachelor’s Degree, and my long-term goal is to obtain a job working in the entertainment industry as an artist, writer, and/or producer.

M – These goals are measurable because I am on track to graduate with my Bachelor’s in the year of 2016, and I just recently signed an entertainment contract with BCB Entertainment Company, which should allow me to begin to pursue my passion for the entertainment industry.

A – This goal is attainable because I have written and recorded over 300 songs up to this point, that have been compiled into 4 different projects, and taking this Sophomore Seminar class has allowed me to put more focus and clarity over my short & long-term goals.

R – My goals are relevant to my career plan because the college experience will help to set me up for graduating on time as well as teaching me the business knowledge that will be necessary long-term to drive my success in the entertainment industry.

T – Based on where I am in my college experience my transcripts let me know that I am on pace to complete school with good enough grades to receive my degree, and due to my contract with the BCB Entertainment company in May I will be attending a Music & Entertainment conference in San Diego, California in order to learn the ins & outs of the business, as well as share some of my music.

I began making music a few years ago, and my dream job would probably be in that area seeing that I’m not currently interested in much else.  Music is a way to express myself without boundaries, and in my opinion, most activities available to one conventionally have too many boundaries.  The location of this job would obviously vary seeing that I would probably be on tour a lot of the time, doing shows, and meeting other musicians like myself, which has taken place a few times already up to this point.  The daily job duties would mostly consist of spending a lot of time in the studio or with others in a relatively tranquil, and intimate environment where we can connect creatively, which is always a great catalyst for one’s expression.  The conditions of work would vary seeing that this type of lifestyle is not easy to predict, and everyday would bring a good amount of surprises and spontaneous events.  The salary of this lifestyle has the potential to be quite large, and I wouldn’t like to talk numbers but I will be comfortable I’m sure, as will the people around me.  The work schedule of this type of lifestyle I feel would be rather flexible seeing that I am basically my own boss and most things going on around me are facilitated not only by me, but for me in hopes of sharing some type of uplifting energy to those who come into contact with it.  I’m sure the business aspect of this would be something to adjust to, and having my friends and family involved will also take place in some form, I’m sure.  In reality, I don’t have any set “dreams” because I prefer to take part in life immediately, rather than concerning myself with my imagination, or what could be.

In my opinion, I feel that studying what you love will get you a job.  However, since we are collectively manipulated into believing that we need to do, become, or seek specific things and/or identities many tend to overlook their own latent abilities or interests.  Whatever one feels drawn to effortlessly, and naturally can be trusted, in my opinion, or that mysterious inner-call would not be present.  Unfortunately, due to the conditioning that operates currently in the majority of the population following that inner-call is far too often not only not encouraged, but at times rebuked or even ridiculed.  However outlandish or imaginative it may sound, I feel that money or even simpler, one’s ability to survive practically is a by-product of trusting one’s passion or inner-calling.  I don’t feel that life itself would facilitate an inner-calling and then not support that individual with the opportunities, resources, and talents necessary to live it out.  I do not at anytime encourage going against one’s intuition, and to knowingly pursue a job void of resonance will immediately result in a dead-like existence.  I’ve witnessed many people sleepwalk through their lives all the while blaming life itself for their circumstances when the reality is that they were simply too afraid to answer that inner-call.  Ironically, if I shed light on this idea to these same people they can vouch for the fact that the inner-call is still present, no matter how faint.  With that being said, as far as I’m concerned following that inner-call IS success, regardless of appearances, and no matter how good an occupation looks on paper flaunting a facade to the outside world without any genuine fulfillment is never anything other than neurosis.  Furthermore, regardless of how it may look to others or according to “societal” standards, if and when fulfillment is truly present then the desire for external validation is not.  So in the end, I say that studying what you love, and getting a job go hand-in-hand, and if by some chance they do not then one may need to re-assess their motivations and/or beliefs.

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