August 27, 2010
Posted by Kelly Rusk
What would you do with a million dollars…?
What I love about getting older, is answers to life questions I used to ponder seem to become so clear to me now. While I still have lots of questions (most discerning: “What am I going to do when I grow up?!”), every time I can ‘symbolically’ scratch one out in my head, I feel a small sense of accomplishment.
As of the last few months it’s become clear what I’d do with a million dollars.I’d love to say I love my job so much I’d just keep on working! But that’s simply not true-only because there are opportunities out there that I’d love to embrace if only I could support myself in doing it.
As much as I love my chosen field of PR/community management, the first thing I’d do with a cool million is go back to school and major in economics and minor in computer science. Why? Well most importantly I think those skills combined with my successful PR background would be the ultimate trifecta of awesome! (Particularly as an aspiring entrepreneur)
More seriously though I would love the opportunity to pursue something I thought I always thought I was bad at. My parents both studied math, my sister is becoming an accountant and my brother is a developer. It must be in my genes somewhere right? Also when I started college my doc sent me to do a psycho-educational analysis because of problems with concentration and focus. One thing I learned from that was my logic skills were abnormally awesome (top one percent believe it or not!) and that my math skills were not too shabby either. It was actually quite a shock-but I didn’t think much of at the time as I was already choosing a career in communications.
Now seven (gasp!!) years later I wonder if I took the easy route out? Did I always think I hated math because girls hate math and aren’t good at it? One day if a bundle of money falls in my lap maybe I’ll find out…
