I don't want to be in Missouri or anywhere near the suburbs. The city seems like the best place for me even if I'm slow-moving and awkward. Somewhere there are poetry readings and crazy subcultures, little book shops filled with books. I'd be lucky to have a one room apartment, but it'd be worth it to get out of the maddening monotony of the suburbs.
In one year I see myself in OTC, starting to get the general classes out of the way. In five? I'm not so sure, to be honest, besides a steady job of some sort. And have successfully completed college. In ten years I hope that I'll still have a steady job.
I'd love to work for a literary magazine. But as said before, that's unlikely to happen so I'm not going to get my hopes up. It's bad to be naive about that sort of thing. The literary community is just that, a community and if you're not part of it they won't be interested in anything you have to say.
I don't know if I'll ever be married. I think I'd like to be, though. If I had a wife I'd want to travel with her everywhere and just be adventurous. Because of this whole traveling dream, I don't think I'd want kids.
In fifty years, I'll hope to have contributed something to the people around me by then. I think that's a pretty basic objective in life, and I can't go wrong with that.
I love what you say about belonging in a city and having the goal of "contributing something" to the people around you. You would be a good teacher, but I hope you'll pursue writing, too. You have a gift.
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