Have you ever stopped to reflect on how you came to be where you are now?

In John Carlton’s latest blog post he wrote about his “25 Random Things You Don’t Know About Me” (you may have seen similar postings from various people floating around Facebook. In his blog he asked people to comment by writing “two random things”.

Here are mine.

My two random things relate to how we often write our own destinies at an early age.

1. When I was a little girl I decided that when I grew up and got married I would have two children. Having said that, I only wanted to be fat and pregnant once so those children would be twins (even though I didn’t have a family history of twins).

What happened? Yes, I did have two children and surprisingly they are twins, conceived without IVF.

2. When I was little I also decided I wanted two different types of careers …

First - I wanted to be a writer but because (in my belief system at the time) authors starved, I would go into advertising instead.

The trouble was, I didn’t want to go to university and gain a qualification because that would have meant three additional years of study without earning money. Instead, I figured I would just walk into an advertising job without experience or qualifications (crazy … huh)

Second - as a ten year old I also wanted to either be a witch or Wonder Woman so I would have magical powers and save lives (even though I didn’t have any special other-worldly gifts at the time).

As it turns out, I did manage to walk into an advertising job without experience or qualifications (in a very competitive market) and have now been a freelance direct response copywriter and marketer for 17 years.

As for the “witch with magical powers” ambition, that in a sense has come true too. I now have a variety of psychic gifts which, interestingly, are also very beneficial abilities for a writer and marketer to have.

And the “Wonder Woman” bit … incredibly, (in a “do my bit for humanity” kind of way) I’ve just entered that chapter of my life now. Go figure.

What are two random things about you that most people don’t know. I’d love to hear them.

Take Care,

Kris (Kristina) Mills
Direct Response Copywriter

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