And no TV-because that's "living vicariously through other people." Dad was editing the proofs of his latest book, How to Increase Your Personal Productivity in 2,000 Easy Steps Mom was writing in her Journal of Excellence and I was tackling my Life Goals. Graduate valedictorian from the Seattle Academy of Academic Excellence (with a minimum of 5.3 GPA).Ģ. Graduate with honors from Vassar (and receive an honorary certificate because of the whole same name thing) then get PhD in (TBD) from an Ivy League school (TBD).ģ. Marry a 6'5" blond surgeon (or judge) for love by age 25 have three children by age 35 (two girls, one boy).Ĥ. Publish the definitive book on (TBD) by age 37. The particular goal consuming me that evening was #2. Graduate school was only six years away, so I couldn't afford to waste a single minute. See, I'm not the odds-on favorite to be class valedictorian because I'm extra gifted or super smart. ("Chance favors the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur.) My rival at the Seattle Academy of Academic Excellence, Wendy Stupacker, never plans-she procrastinates, then crams. Lucky for her she has a photographic memory. Of course I had other personal life goals-just not for my parents' eyes. I had him already picked out: John Pepper. It wasn't that Mom and Dad necessarily wouldn't approve of John Pepper. He was one of the first guys admitted to the Seattle Academy of Academic Excellence once it stopped being girls only.
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