I was working on updating a program on my computer, once I hit accept apple asked me to sign into my apple account. Part of the authentication process was to answer 2 security questions, should be easy enough, right? First question, answered no problem, next question, what’s your dream job?

I read the question, nodding, thinking good question apple, good question. Then I snapped back into reality and realized that I was to know the answer to this question.

I typed weaver… wrong

teacher…. wrong

fashion designer? …. wrong…. hmmm, well I just couldn’t seem to image what I thought was my dream job.

However, it got me thinking about the question, what do I want to become? It’s something that I ask my students a lot, and it’s not an easy question. There are always at least 2 layers to the question. The first answer, layer one, is always the safe answer, the job that they know exists, that they think is safe. The second layer is where things start to get uncomfortable, and where we get closer to the truth.

The second layer is tied to our dreams, what we really want, but think we can’t have. What we truly want to do, but think we might fail at achieving.

Layer 2 and beyond is where it gets juicy and wonderful.

Layer 2, 3, and 4 are what pushes us to leave our comfort zone, push us to leave the safe warmth of mediocrity and reach to challenge the status the quo.

If we even begin to acknowledge that these layers exist, they keep us at night, they get us fired up.