The journalism failure

When I was a child, I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I remember that I closed my eyes, and saw myself dancing in Europe or Australia and even when I grew up, I had the same idea. Everything changed of course, when I got injured. But since that moment, I started looking for another career, another dream to come true.

I started buying books, different kind of note books, and even a writer machine. Since then, I knew that I wanted to be a writer, a novelist. But I was also in love with English. I used (and I still do) to sing songs in English, read books, and also write in that language. So when I was in high school, my head was really confused, I didn’t know what to study, and I feel that nobody helped me to found that out.

So, I had three options, English teacher, language teacher (Spanish of course) and journalism, just because I thought that was a tool to be a writer, my real purpose in life haha. Finally I decided to study journalism. In fact a random decision, because I didn’t think that for much time, it was a one day decision.

I don’t really like journalism and sometimes I feel like it is a torture. But I don’t know what I could study if I drop out. I know that by now, it is a little too late to think about it. So, I’m just letting things happen. If I don’t like journalism, I don’t know what kind of job I would like to have, but if I finish the career, maybe I could work in a magazine or maybe I will be a student forever, yeah, that’s what I will do, an evergreen student. 

My Auto Biography

Hi, I am Valentina, I’m 20 years old. I was born in Santiago and I live with my mother, my sister and her three children in our house in Quilicura. I studied in four different schools during my whole life, mixed and catholic schools. I made friends in all of them but now, I only have contact with a few. I started going to ballet classes when I was 8 years old and I gave it up at 17, when I got my knee injured doing a jeté.

I decided to study journalism when I was in my last year of high school, because I love writing, reading and I don’t know, I thought that was my best option. I still don’t know if I like the career, but I’m in third year and it is a little too late to give up. I chose the University of Chile just because my family talked to me all day about how amazing it was, and for me, that wasn’t important.

I’m single since a year ago, but I have my friends with me, so I don’t feel alone at all. I love listening music, writing and reading love stories. I also love cooking things like pizza, sushi or raspberry cheesecakes. And I have a little obsession with things related to manicure, like nail polishes, tools and moisturizers.

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