At 5, I wanted to be a Disney Princess when I grew up.

At 8, an astronaut…so I could dance amongst the stars.   

At 12, a movie star or singer. Whatever allowed me the chance to hang out with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake and have a cameo on Dawson’s Creek. : P

By 15, a lawyer. Boy this made my mom happy.

By 20, yes, still a lawyer…but I was restless. Bored. Not convinced in my own proclamation I made for my OWN destiny. My own future. Something was missing.

 

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Money! Money! Money! We are all driven by it. Its ingrained in us before we even have a choice. Our parents raise us telling us that we without a doubt  WE MUST have a good education and continue on to college to be successful. Being a doctor or a lawyer is preferred, and though being a teacher is admirable….there is no ‘REAL’ money in that.

You can imagine the feelings I had to come to terms with when I realized what I wanted to do in PLACE of being a REAL MONEY MAKING LAWYER….an artsy, fartsy, photographer. I was doomed. Unless you were Annie Leibovitz, Margaret Bourke- White or friends with DaVinci and Van Gogh….there is ZERO money to be made in the arts field. At least thats what I was told.

What was I to do, MY ENTIRE HEART AND SOUL…MY HAPPINESS lied within a field that held little promise of providing for my future. For my family.

With the help, support and guidance of those that DO THINK I will be in the company of the ‘GREATS’ in the arts one day, I left my law books at the door, picked up a camera, and have never once looked back. I will never huff and puff as I roll out of bed for a 12 hour work day. I will never come home from a day and fuss over a boss, or how unrewarding my day was. Ask any one…it is very rare I call “PHOTOGRAPHY” my job…or work. It is instead, simply my life!

Be inspired by what you love. Create your own art, whatever field that may be in. When you find what you love, you will be successful both in monetary and intrinsic rewards. If your not….youll know you are not really following you heart. God has blesses all of our hearts when we let him in…put your faith in him and your future in his hands and TRUST ME….success will be only ONE of your rewards!

XOXO,

Kaitlin Noel