The Big Girl Job

Ya know when you're still in school and your working in a mall food court or some other seemingly insignificant place of business, and you contemplate what you'll do after graduation? What did you call that future job? Your career, your real job, your profession maybe? 

I like to call it.....the big girl job. Little girls in the south often say, "When I'm a big girl....."  For instance, "When I'm a big girl, I'll stay up as late as I want!" 

I only half consider myself to be a big girl. Sometimes I pout when I don't get my way and I still can't kill a spider if my life depended on it. 

This reflection on what it means to be a big girl really got me thinking today. I am incredibly blessed to already know what I want to do for the rest of my life at the ripe old age of 23. I sometimes forget that I'm only 23. I tend to think more along the lines of "I'm already 23."

Occasionally I have to stop and smell the roses. I have to appreciate that I can start early and not wander for 20 years wondering what will make me happy and make me money at the same time. Do you have a big girl job? If so, what is it? If not, what are you doing in the meantime? 

By the way...the picture above is me before I was a big girl. : )