Thanks Mom & Dad, For Letting Me Pursue My Dreams!

Whatever the heck they are!

I was reading a recent post by Ian Ybarra, which mentioned a bit about family influences on a child’s life choices, the post made me realized how insanely lucky and spoiled I am.

My parents never really pressured me toward any one specific career path ― not because they don’t care what I do, but more so because they just want me to be successful and happy. The thing that I’ve come to realized as I got older is that being successful and happy is a really subjective matter. Thankfully, what my parents feel qualifies as success and happiness, is easily attainable.

I don’t need to be a doctor if I don’t want to be one, even though according to my parents, I could be one if I want to.

I don’t need to be a lawyer if I don’t want to be one, even though according to my parents, I should be one since I won’t stop arguing with them.

I don’t need to be the President of the United States if I don’t want to be, although according to my parents, there’s no way in hell that could happen.

I just need to be be able to take care of myself and be happy at what I do.

Thanks mom and dad! Because of your pressure-free parenting and love, I have now created a blog in a niche market, with a readership of 15!

Life is good.

How To Be Poor Says:
March 28th, 2006 at 10:16 pm

Lots of sacrasm. I like.

My parents saw I was good at certain things, and they FORCED ME DO THEM. When a kid grows up and realizes he can speak a foreign language just because his parents didn’t allow him to drop out of fl courses, he (now a young man) will reconsider his parents’ EVIL CONTROL over him and wholeheartedly thank them.

How To Be Poor Says:
March 28th, 2006 at 10:17 pm

You got StatCounter installed or you’re going with GoDaddy’s stats?

Jonathan Says:
March 29th, 2006 at 2:19 am

Parenting is tough, riding the line between pushing too hard and not enough. I’m still scared of having kids, don’t want to screw them up!

I know you have more than 15 ;)

Cap Says:
March 29th, 2006 at 5:45 am

I just tried StatCounter a few days ago, it’s pretty neat. I didn’t realize there’s a free counter out there! Before that I was using analog stat, provided with all dreamhost domains.

And fine, 16.