A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the roles I play. This post was inspired by the first prompt in the journaling workbook The Year of You. The second prompt is to write about the roles you would like to play in the future. Here goes.
1. I want to be a student. I don’t mean that I want to go back to college full-time. That place has been passed and I’ll never revisit it. However, I would definitely like to study at the Open University or some other distance-learning college again. I considered signing up for the developmental psychology course at the OU for this fall. I’m not sure I’m ready though.
2. I want to be a writer. Of course, I am a blogger already and I have one piece of mine published in an anthology. However, I really want to publish more. I’m not so sure I’ll ever write my memoir as I was some years ago, but some short pieces should be doable.
3. I want to be a volunteer. I really hope to do some type of community service, ideally putting my knowledge of disability and mental health to use. For example, maybe I’ll do a recovery course again and maybe in the future even lead one.
4. I want to be an advocate. I am already with this blog, but I really want to be more of a voice for the disability community in the Netherlands.
5. I want to be a crafter. That is, I want to be able to find a hobby that I enjoy. I no longer have it as a goal that I’ll be able to do it independently.
6. I want to be a guide dog owner. I really hope to be able to get a guide dog sometime in the future. I’m not sure that is a realistic goal, but I can dream, right? I mean, ideally, I’d have a psychiatric service dog/guide dog combo. That would be awesome!
That’s it so far. Last year, I might’ve added wanting to be a homeowner, but that goal can be crossed off.
What roles would you like to play in the future?
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There’s a charity in the UK called Disability Rights – I always thought that particular aspect of disability was really interesting, but they are small and based 2ookm from me. The charities I have been involved with have very much been governed by my location.
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That makes sense. The Netherlands is a small country but even then I’m mostly involved locally too.
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Guide dogs are very special, we’ll be cheering you on if you go after this goal.
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Thanks so much. I will have to learn a lot of mobility skills though before I can get one and even then it might not be possible while living in a care facility.
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I want to be more of a grandma and see my family more often. But that probably won’t happen until I’m retired. I also would like to be published traditionally at some point!
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Those are great goals! I think you can achieve them.
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