You Want To Do What??

After starting college nearly a year ago, I have become immensely more aware of what I want to do for the rest of my life. Of course, none of this is a shock to me or my family, as it feels more like a relief of finally realizing that there is a name for what I've always wanted to do.

It all stems back to my childhood dream of being a pop star- (aka Lindsay Lohan; my favorite pop star of 2004). I constantly begged to go to Libby Lu (pretty much an over glorified and too expensive dress up closet at the mall) so that I could recreate my Lindsay Lohan look, complete with spiky purple hair, a headset and a rockin outfit. All I wanted to do when I was little was become famous; like nearly every other child in the world.

As I continued to get older, my dream of being a pop star faded, and so did my sense of what I possibly wanted to do when I got older. It was around that time, that I was introduced to the infamous Instagram. It was 2012, and all of a sudden, everyone was talking talking about how cool it was to have a digital photo album. At the time, had also started to find an interest and passion for photography, something that my mom had taken up in college, and I had been surrounded by for my entire life. Obviously, I had to download this Instagram thing and see what it was all about. I WAS HOOKED. I constantly took pictures of everything I was doing and uploaded them to the app with dumb witty captions, and horrible filters. As of now, I am still hooked to the app and I just cleared about half of my 2,900 pictures!

I also started a Youtube channel around this time, which has since been privated because lets face it... nobody wants or needs to see me in middle school talking about One Direction and making my own makeup. My dreams of being a pop star were gone and now all I wanted to do was become a Youtuber. I wanted to tell stories and make videos for everyone and anyone to watch at anytime, all while in the comfort of my own home.

That was when I moved onto writing. I have always been captivated by books and the way that the human brain can come up with such fascinating stories. I started to make book reviews on my Youtube channel, and post my own reviews on websites, trying to gain ideas for my own great novel, which will never happen.

In high school, I took a journalism class, because in my head, that was the only way that I could earn an occupation that involved my love of writing. As it turns out, I hated that class and quickly learned that I did not want to become a journalist. There was a problem though, I was running out of time to figure out what I wanted to be, I mean come on, it was already my junior year of high school. So, I took to the internet to see what I could find: Photojournalist, no; Media Studies and Production, no; Advertising, no. And then I stumbled across it: Public Relations. I had no idea what it was, but I was intrigued. So of course, I did what any normal 17 year old does and chose it as my college major... DUH.

Now, I'll be honest with you.. I'm still not quite sure exactly what Public relations is, but I am loving every moment of it! (you can go read my other blog post on it if you are interested).

That's what leads us full circle to today. From even the earliest of ages, I always knew what I wanted to do, but it was hard for me to tell people about it because it didn't exist yet! I can proudly say that I am able to take all of the things I've always wanted to do, and turn them into my career.

It's called influencing, and right now, I'm not sure how successful I will be, but I am willing to give it my best shot and see where it takes me. In short, influencers promote products through their social media and get paid to do it. As you work your way up, you earn brand deals with companies and have accounts with them which is super cool. And for all of you who are wondering, no, I will never promote a product that I do not truly like or have had the chance to try out and use. Yes, I need money, but is is so important to make sure that everything I put out to the public is true and what I believe. I would never offer someone a product or make someone spend money on something that I didn't like and I will always give honest reviews of the products that I test. I also want to note that by doing so, I do not intend to hurt a company or their products, and I am only reviewing them in that way because they did not work for me, or I personally did not enjoy them. That is not to say that someone else might love the product and disagree with me completely.

I would like to end by saying, it's okay to not know what you want to do, because eventually it will come to you, just like mine did to me. And who knows, your passion might not exist yet either.

If you enjoyed this post and want to check out what I do, you can head to my instagram:

@lindsey.danasko or click the link if don't have the app: https://www.instagram.com/lindsey.danasko/

Until Next Time,

Lindsey

(Pictures from my instagram from 2013-2015 while I was still experimenting with my style)