Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Wow! This lecture was so inspiring, I had no idea what I was in for. Besides the obvious life outlook inspiration Randy Pousch demonstrates in his lecture, he also is so incredibly positive and encouraging of any dream one would have. I hadn't given much thought lately about my childhood dreams, like Pousch I have achieved some childhood dreams and some I decided I was not going to work towards and that's ok.

As a child my dreams were the following: 

        

1. Be a pediatrician 
2. Be a teacher (I would divide my work week accordingly) 
3. Speak English fluently
4. Be a mom
5. See the golden gate bridge (thank you full house)
6. Live in the US
7. See/ touch snow

Some of these dreams came true after a lot of hard work. I took English lessons after school twice a week for 5 years starting when I was 12. I printed the lyrics to every song I liked and sang it until my American accent was perfect (although, it turns out the Spice girls are not American). When I was 17 I came to the US to be an exchange student and was so lucky to be placed in Santa rosa, flying into SFO which means I saw the golden gate bridge on my first day here, thus fullfilling dream #5. My host family took me to Tahoe which allowed me to fulfill dream # 7 ( I did not realize how cold a human could possibly feel untill this dream came true so I decided the tropical weather suits me better after all). I get very close to fainting every time I see someone's blood (or mine for that matter) which would directly impact dream # 1, but that's alright because my dream of being a teacher (#2) is very close to becoming a reality after having lived in the US for the last 8.5 years fulfilling dream #6. Dream # 4 can wait for the time to be right, but for now Monday through Friday I am like a mother to two little boys and I love (most) the time I spend with them. It's great to spend time with them and be responsible for them with the perks of sleeping at night and being only responsible for myself past 6pm.

Ps: the head fake is: Have passion in what you do and follow your heart's calling and you will love what you do and how you do it.