Be like a child.

I read today that between the ages 6 and 11 we are most ourselves, unswayed by "shoulds and shouldn'ts". During this time I had an "art studio" in my room. My studio was the top bunk of my bed. I had a ladder that I would climb to my sacred space and would require others to knock on the wooden frame before they were allowed in. Once I entered elementary school I taught "class" every weekend. I was very serious about it too! My mom would take me to the school supply store where I would buy dry erase boards and markers, make copies of worksheets, and create homework charts. My mom says I put sticky notes all over the living room too. I remember one time a mother got mad at me when I sent her 3 year old home with homework. Haha. When I got a little bit older I moved on to play house, made "roller coasters" by tying wagons to bicycles with jump ropes, and even used headbands, pipe cleaners, and wine corks to make headsets for the pretend drive-thru window in the driveway. I was always conjuring up games for the neighborhood kids... we had club houses, court houses, doctor's offices, you name it! I guess this means that my "perfect job" begins as an art teacher, but after I have 7 children I will decide to make a career change and work at a fast food restaurant at an amusement park. After that brief stint I will work in construction, setting up office spaces for different types of professionals. Yeah, that sounds about right.