Stunted Growth

When I was younger I wanted to be a marine biologist.  That was before I even knew what a marine biologist was.  I just thought that I wanted to look at animals underwater.  How dumb is that?  I wanted to be many other things also, including a lawyer, a basketball player, a clothing designer, a photographer, a rapper and an entrepreneur.  It's funny that I started doing a couple of those when I was real young.  It's funny looking back at it all now.  My rap name was Aaron the Baron.  I was going to play basketball at Southern University.  My first design was a green rugby style sweater with two yellow bands around the left forearm.  My clothing store was going to be called "E.C. Style."  My adult dream is to be a writer.  It would be nice to be able to quit working or just to work if I want to.  Writing has always come easy to me but I never gave a thought to being a writer.  My english professor in college pushed me that way when she told me that I could be a good writer.  Since then I've tried getting more focused on my writing.  I've had a couple people tell me things about my writing that honestly make me a little bit uncomfortable.  I'm confident in my abilities but sometimes the words used to describe my talents seem to be a little too much for me.  It's truly humbling to hear that I'm a brilliant writer.  Now I feel like I have to put something out soon or all that talk and hype will be for nothing.  So I'm constantly thinking of different ways to improve my skills.  I'm almost there.  Give me just a little more time.