Dream as if you'll live forever,
Live as if you'll die tomorrow.
James Dean

     There is a theory called dead stroke. This theory originally applied to pool; it describes when a person is completely focused and almost becomes one with what he is doing. This is what I want out of life. I want to be able to have a career where on a day to day basis I am performing at the top level.

"I don't care - brick-laying can be great if a guy knows. If he knows what he's doin' and why and if he can make it come off... 'Cause he's got everything workin' for him - timing, touch. It's a great feeling, boy - it's a real great feeling - when you're right and you know you're right..."
Paul Newman as "Fast" Eddie Felsen in "The Hustler"

     Life is too short to go out into this wide world of ours and work a job simply because it is a job. I want to be able to use my talent and my knowledge to create something or do something that I love and I know I can do well. I want to be able to go see things and do things that take me out of the mundane routine of life that seems to bog humanity down. I want to learn from what I do as much as I put into it. This includes going to graduate school, perhaps just for night classes or maybe a few years down the road. Education and development are important to me and I want to see it in my future.

     My goal for after college is to enjoy life. To keep building on to what I have learned, to keep and understand my responsibilities, to work and to enjoy it knowing I am one of the best; these are things I want out of life and what I am always keeping in my vision and working towards.