On chasing my dreams.. for real, this time

When I was a lot younger, I envisioned myself to be Nancy Drew - a young, cool, and hip detective who solves even the most bizarre cases you can imagine.

When I was in high school, I wanted to become a DJ or a host. Hence, I applied for a Communications course in Ateneo.

When I was in college, I wanted to become a PR giant. I wanted to make people look good, the way I always thought that people possessed so much good in them, despite their more disappointing qualities.

Now that I'm with IBM, I discovered how much I want to become a trainer, and have been working hard to achieve that. 3 years into the corporate world, I meet people who suddenly tender their resignations to pursue the arts - film, fashion, and anything else you can imagine. I always thought those people have been so brave, to risk their regular, monthly, steady paychecks, for something that doesn't have a 100% success rate.

Now that I'm a wife and a mother, I have something bigger in mind - a business, because I know that settling to be an employee won't really make me rich. Yes, I do want to be rich, but the kind that doesn't worry about money or debt before going to sleep;

the kind who has enough savings for a family trip to Disney World or Lake Tahoe.
the kind who has enough money to give to her mom when she needs it
the kind who has enough money to send her mom to Europe as a birthday gift

That kind.

Not the kind who goes gaga over the most pointless purchases because material things are the only things that make him/her happy already.
Not the kind who has been manipulated by his own riches; and most definitely not the kind who has fallen in love with his money.

I'm seriously considering following my ultimate dream - and that is to become a makeup artist. Freelance or not, I want to be able to enhance people's beauty, and to be able to boost someone's confidence because they feel good about how they look.

So yes, I'm decided to chase this dream of mine. If not now, when?