Zoe’s World: Meet Our New Columnist

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Meet TraleeToday.ie’s new columnist, Zoë O’Connor, who will give a worldview from a teenager’s perspective… 

Zoe O'Connor 1Hi everyone, Zoë O’Connor here.

I am a 15 year old blogger with the hopes to become a successful fashion journalist in the future (I know dad, it’s not as sustainable as a lawyer, but I think I will be okay).

For now, I am what some would call a “life commentator”, but everything that I say is from a teen’s perspective.

I think some people will find it interesting as it can sometimes be quite difficult to find out what is going on inside a teenager’s mind.

When it is attempted it is usually by adults, who, let’s face it, have no idea what is going on!

However, I am here to help. I can get into the deep issues surrounding teen life pretty quickly, but for my first article for TraleeToday.ie, I thought that I would start with something a bit more positive: chasing dreams, no matter what they are.

So here we go.

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Everyone has dreams and aspirations for what they want their lives to be like. I personally stated that I wanted to be a princess for most of my childhood, but apparently that is a bit unrealistic.

Most kids dreams are affected by their favourite TV programme or their dad’s job. It normally doesn’t go much deeper than that.

The smart kids say that all they want is to be happy, which usually gets the desired effect from parents with a hug and a sweet. This answer gets a continuous “aw!” all around but beyond the age of 12, these answers simply aren’t good enough.

I am pretty much safe with what I want to do. I have it all laid out for myself. I just plan on working my way up through the ranks until I get to where I want to be. I have all the stops on the journey planned and some of these stops feature the English course in Trinity.

I don’t know why, but that has always been in my journey planner and there are no other additional routes that I plan on embarking on.

The thing about chasing your dreams is that no matter what you do, or don’t do for that matter, there will always be people questioning your decisions.

The fact is that everyone is different, and everyone seems to have the idea that their dreams are going to lead to a better future than your dreams.

Of course this is not the case. Your dreams reflect what makes you happy and therefore, when you reach your dreams, you will be just as happy as the others.

The people who are questioning your decisions can often get in your way. You can’t let this happen. Your dreams are as important as anyone else’s.

No matter how many times you have to stop on the journey or change your tyres or refill the petrol tank, just have the sheer willpower to keep going.

This doesn’t mean rolling over everyone who gets in your way but it maybe it means beeping the horn until they do.

No dream is unrealistic. All you have to do is work hard for it and never stop trying. Don’t let anyone look down on you for it, but let them learn from your example.

It may take a bit of hard work but I think I can become a princess. I mean journalist…of course, journalist….

 

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