The dream- behind all reason

As a little girl HPU student Agnes Østengen(22), dreamt of being a writer. The journey of life changes a person’s goals. She still loves writing, but now she studies to become a journalist. What makes us let go of our childhood dreams?

In ten year Agnes sees herself working in one the biggest papers in Norway, in the cultural department. She says things have changed since she was a girl.  She felt the need to set more realistic goals. Also, work and school takes all her time, and she doesn’t have space for dreaming anymore. 

-             In middle school I had a crazy fantasy. I often wrote books, and every Christmas I used to make this calendar with 24 different stories, she explains laughing.

She says she always loved writing. In high school they were forced to write more factual texts. This is what she mostly has done since then. After high school, Agnes took one year of cultural journalist studies, before she began to study Media and communication.

-             At first I wanted to study journalism, but when I got into Media and communication studies, and I liked it a lot, because I have learned to use many different media channels, Agnes says.

She has had different jobs in addition to school. Her first journalistic work was in a local newspaper. Agnes says she has developed a lot in the later years, after getting some journalistic experience. She appreciates she got the chance to learn my doing. After this, she got to work for Oslo fashion week, where she became PR- chief. 

-             I have learned a lot from working with PR, but I was often jealous at the journalist. I like to write more creative and detailed stories, Agnes says engaged. 

After some thinking she tells that behind all the reason, she dreams about writing books. She wishes she had more time to write more as a hobby. Her ultimate dream is to rent a house at the beach alone, where she could write all day.