Victoria Benyo
What do I want to do with my life? It's a simple question, yet for most people, it takes many years, if not their whole lifetime to be able to answer this question. When I was 7, I found out that there are people whose job is to just color in cartoons. "That's it," I thought, "That's what I want to do." That idea didníŸÙt last long. When I was 14, I met a woman whose job it was to read books, and report to her boss whether she thought those books would make a good movie. She sat on a beach all day just reading books and she lived in a nice house, so I guess she was paid pretty well. I thought, "Now that has to be the ultimate dream job." Ultimately, however, I came to realize that neither of these occupations would be practical careers for me.
"A teacher." That was my mother's response when I asked her what career she thought I should go into. This was a very logical suggestion, because I love working with kids; I'm a gymnastics teacher, babysitter, and camp counselor. My father suggested that I go into business because he thought that I had a "good head for business." However, I knew that I didn't want to be a teacher and I was pretty sure I didn't want to go into business, so the quest continued.
When I was 16, I came up with the idea to start my own childcare facility. I knew that there were already many childcare facilities for younger children, so I decided to fill the gap by providing childcare for kids between the ages of 5-10, so that parents could use my facility as a substitute to finding a babysitter or hiring a nanny. Since then, I have put a lot of thought into my childcare facility which I have decided to name, re:play, and I have even developed my own business plan.