... what changed?

... what did you used to do before this Adrianne? ... why did you switch career paths?
A coworker and I got talking about my reporting and writing and why I left. She said when I talked about reportering, interviewing and writing that my eyes lit up. She said she hadn't seen me that way for a while.
It's true, I love writing more than I love working where I am now. I miss writing (thus the four blogs in one day....) and I would kill to get back into it... BUT I love children, and I have a passion to teach and to try to play a significant role in children's lives... So for now my writing has taken to the back burner. I have been told by a couple of people that it's a mistake for me to leave my writing, that I am abandoning my calling.
I am 24, how the heck am I supposed to know what my 'calling' is?
I have had two dreams since I was a child...
1) to become a teacher
2) to write a book
I have written a book... I think a total of eight people have a copy of it. It was good at the time, but I am sure if I were to re-read it I would laugh... but one day I want to get a book published! Heck I would kill to have a best seller RIGHT now... then I could just forget about school... and the teaching dream can be retired and I will teach a dog a trick or somehting...
Anyways lately I have been thinking about seriously considering writing a book... but the toughest steps are 1) figuring out what the heck to write about and 2) starting the research and the writing...
Once I get started... I think it will be a-ok... I just need to figure out a way to get the creative juices flowing and come up with a killer idea.... one day it will come to me... hopefully sooner rather than later and I can be a riiiiiiiiich published author, and see my name in print again!!!