Secret Life

[Gwendolyn]

I have always harbored the desire to write a novel. I even have the story all worked out. Sadly, I am probably not novelist material, but at night when I can't fall asleep because my mind is full of lists and to do's I think of my novel to calm down.

Just wondering, what is your secret fantasy of something you wish you would do if only...

[Meenah]

I think you should start writing the book. When you can't sleep, get up and add a chapter.
Luanne

[SueC]

I agree--you should definitely write the book! I can't even think of any secret fantasies I have, but I admire anybody that has a passion for something and then goes for it. Aside from my family, I guess I haven't found mine yet...

[Rapunzel]

I haven't actually grown up -

You see, I still secretly want to be a princess.

I agree - write the book!!!

[pstone]

A Doctor!....don't you all want to be a Doctor in your secret life?

[DCJenn]

Peter, are you high? Lord, I hope that was a joke. I'd so never want to be a doctor, or any other professional that actually requires work.

I think in my dream world, I'd be a world class triathlete or something that would let me work out for 4+ hours a day and then sit around and have people attend to my needs.

Jenn

[pstone]

Would anyone joke about being a Doctor?

[DCJenn]

only those of us who see it for the absurdity that it really is!

J.

A Doctor!....don't you all want to be a Doctor in your secret life?

(I'm assuming that statement is dripping with sarcasm. If not... :! )

My secret life? Making boutique chocolate in a perfect little space.

[Gwendolyn]

I have started to think about the book more seriously, but I am no writer. The truth it's not like I feel a void, just is something I like thinking about Maybe when I tire of persuing my scholar dreams and my motherhood dreams

My other favorite thought is being a lounge singer...the kind who wears a sparkly red dress and drapes herself accross the baby grand...Think Fabulous baker Boys or Jessica Rabbit

[Gwendolyn]

Thanks for the support though I makes the idea feel less completely crazy.

[Vanquisher]

A Doctor!....don't you all want to be a Doctor in your secret life?

I did want to be a doctor. :!

No, seriously. Really. I did. I still do sometimes. I still feel like I am selling myself out because deep down I know that I am never going to get there. Yes, I do want to be a doctor. No, I am not going to be one, nor do I want to put in the work to do it, nor do I want to actually throw my family under the bus.

Maybe when residency is all over, my kids are a bit older, and I am allowed to once again focus on myself a tad, I might go to PA school.

There. I admit it. The real reason for my bitterness is all this jealousy. Well, maybe .0000001% of it anyway.

Please don't kill me.

:!

I'd love to open a cafe. I've thought about it for 15+ years. However, I have no business skills and have no food service experience (besides feeding the family). DH has wanted to open a cafe, too - an idea he had before we met. I hope it will happen some day. We even have a name for it.

-Melanie

[SueC]

My dh sometimes entertains the idea of me going to medical school--I think he is just thinking about the $$, though. In truth, I'd make a shitty doctor. I'm not crazy about blood and I'd always be second guessing myself.
I guess if I could do anything, I'd be a member of the leisure class. I really don't want to work--it would be fabulous to spend my time doing whatever I felt like doing.

Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to be on Broadway doing musical theatre. I would love to be a doctor, but I'd want to be a good doctor, and with my tendency to let things fall through the cracks that may not be the best idea. I wrote a few short stories and kept a journal I don't mind saying I'm quite proud of. I wrote out an outline for a short story once that turned into the outline for a novel, but the idea of writing that much was overwhelming so I virtually abandoned it. Instead I write the occasional letter to the editor and think about how everyone would benefit from reading my true stories and fables of karmic retribution.