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Future Authoring Essay
Future Authoring Essay
Future Authoring Essay
Maren Vodrazka
Professor Jizi
UWRT 1104
15 October 2017
As far back as I can recall, my mother and I have always found common ground
throughout a shared hobby: treasure hunting and bargaining. As I think about my future, my
family, my job, and what my life will look like, the first thing that occurred to me was to hope
that I will still have this relationship with her. One of my top strengths is appreciation of beauty
and excellence, which I believe she shares. We bond over this, combing through thrift stores and
flea markets to find overlooked jewels in piles of ashes. We did not get along well throughout
much of my life and this hobby, silly as it may seem, brought us together and allowed us to find
common ground throughout my angsty teenage period. In ten years, I hope that this relationship
is still alive and has brought us even closer, and I hope that if I happen to ever have a daughter
someday, I will be able to introduce her to it as well. I have eyes for lovely things, even if they
do need a bit of polishing. This kind of positive emotion transformed our relationship and I value
the grace with which she accepted me at our worst, so now I want to be able to carry that kind of
My father thinks more similarly to me: sarcastically, with keen observance overlapped by
a thoughtful and cautious nature. We have always been thick as thieves, bonding over a dry wit
and love of adventure. I hope that he and I continue to take road trips to the mountains to revel in
their glory and push our bodies to their limits by hiking, exercising, and running. He is someone
that I can talk to, because we share a love of learning. We thirst for newness constantly, which I
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believe results in that love of our adventures. In ten years time, I hope that he is still physically
capable of doing these things with me, since he raised me to love them and helped me to foster
my appreciation of the natural world and my strength of the joy to learn. Because he engaged me
in these delights as a young child, I was able to foster the appreciation of beauty and excellence
that I have now and that I want to still have in ten years. I have learned from him, and I hope that
others in turn will be learning from me by then. I find a strong fulfillment in this and it brings me
joy to expand other peoples knowledge and share amazing things with them and their minds.
When I engage with others and share deep thoughts and ideas, I feel fulfilled and my love of
As far as other relationships are concerned, I will hopefully be a solid and reliable friend;
one that others can confide in. I tend to think abstractly; differently from everyone else, because
creativity is one of my top strengths and out of that stems my ability to solve problems in
creative ways. My mind is a bit of a quirky enigma, bursting with abstract flashes of colors and
ideas, but because of this I will be above average at listening to my friends problems and
offering them back in a different light, with alternative solutions. I want friends who will go to
museums with me and experience great and beautiful artwork and culture. If we share the same
sense and strength of appreciation of beauty and excellence, I feel like I will be able to be
happier in my relationships and find meaning and relatability in our bonds. This will bring me
joy and serenity, while also giving back to my friends and rewarding us with mutual fulfillment
One of my top strengths is leadership, which I believe makes me fiercely ambitious. This
will, hopefully, aid me in my hunt for a time-consuming and significant career full of
accomplishments and meaning. I do not really have a strong desire for marriage or childbearing;
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rather, I thirst for a career that swallows up my entire life. I want it to be something I will never
grow weary of and something I am passionate about; something that gives me a will to get up in
the morning and thrills me. This gives me meaning and drives me; I want to help others. This
drive can only result in one thing for me: law enforcement.
Regarding career, smartness has always been something of paramount importance to me.
Thinking of the future, the very first thing that comes to mind is intelligence, my most treasured
value. I believe that women should be strong and educated, so in ten years at the very least I wish
to be that. I want to earn my masters in Criminal Justice, and by then I wish to become a police
officer and possibly be moving up to the rank of detective, my true goal. Investigating homicides
and missing persons is something that has always been close to my heart for some reason, and
with my character strength of leadership I believe I can climb the ladder to get there. I always do
my best work when I know that I have others counting on me, and that combined with the need
for answers and love of learning and knowledge is a very desirable quality I believe will take me
far. I have always wanted to work in the FBI, and although that entails more ladder-climbing
than ten years, I would love if my skills would someday lead me there. I have far-reaching goals
and I aim to meet them, because I value creativity, and I think that my ability to think a little
differently sets me apart from a majority of candidates who may be after the same job.
character strength of leadership allows me to bend away from the pack a little bit and gives me
flexibility so I can offer up my own perspectives and theories, incorporating my creative side:
one of my other top values. Thinking outside of the box and breaking away from worn out tactics
and ideas is something that is important to me and is an important part of who I am, and who I
want to be, as a person. I will not be cookie-cutter and I want this to shine through in my work.
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Coming up with new ways to do things astounds me and gives me a sense of meaning in
discovery.
I will be a well-informed and graceful officer, because I greatly value intelligence and
grace. I think that grace leads to understanding and that understanding is paramount in the law
enforcement field, because a lot of victims families require gentleness and patience and
someone to help them along and relate to them. Comfort is what they need, and although no one
can really ever understand what they are going through, an officer who is trained in that field
could be the next best thing. I want to be able to talk to those families and I want for them to be
able to talk to me freely. I hope that I am elegant and breezy, but decisive and not shallow. I will
be a public servant and I know that as a civilian now, I require the trust of the law enforcement
officers, and so I know that when I am one I want to be trustworthy and reliable. Saving lives,
bringing solace and closure and comfort to families, and discovering truths about the world are
just a few of the many ways this career path will bring me meaning and fulfillment. I feel
worthy, and like life is worth living, when I serve others and impact their lives in a significant
way. As a leader, I love to accomplish things, and I will not stop until a case is closed. My
strength of leadership and value of new intelligence makes me relentless in my pursuit of things,
I hope that my coworkers utterly inspire me. I wish to be the kind of officer that other
officers feel is approachable, friendly, and not constantly caught up in my own mind and dramas.
I want to help them as much as I help the people I serve in the field. If we are not a team, a
united front against crime and evil, then what gives us the right to leave our police department
and arrest others? We have to be able to engage together, work as a force for good, and trade
ideas we have from living all walks of life. Individuality does not serve anyone well in the law
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enforcement field at all; every man for himself is a tactic that will accomplish nothing. Rather,
one needs a partner that has their back one hundred percent of the time, and that they can talk to
and learn from. It should be a mutually beneficial relationship, and as I value intelligence I hope
that I will be able to glean from them. I hope that I will be in charge of something, but that I am
not cocky, and that my coworkers will admire but not fear me. I am a leader, and I want to lead
Wholly, I know that my purpose is to serve. It is simple, and sacrificial, but I do honestly
believe that my character qualities will help me achieve this; I was made for it. I know it in my
bones, and I am at peace with knowing I may be too busy to ever start a family or have much
time for myself. The world is a dark and foreboding place these days, so who knows how much
further it will have slipped by 2027? My love of culture and appreciation of beauty thrives on my
value of intelligence, and my ability to think creatively will aid me in sticky situations. A police
officers daily tasks are unpredictable, so the skill of thinking quickly on my feet is going to be
extremely vital.
Positive emotions for me are defined as love, pride, and serenity, and I think that these
emotions will become a larger part of who I am with this job. Finally, my strength of leadership
will help me to define my career, as I rise through the ranks and get to where I want to be.
Serving others is what I was born to do, and with my treasured value of grace, I will be able to be
Meaning is defined differently by each individual person, as we all have our own
passions that drive and scatter us in varying directions. However, I know for a fact that I will be
a public servant and that I will strive to do the very best that I can, learning from my mistakes
and using them as material to build my intelligence with, and that this job will bring me purpose
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and drive and meaning. I love to adventure and see new things and learn about every way of life
that I can, and this job will fulfill me by bringing me interest and pride whilst I give back to a
community that needs my help through engagement. My emotional well-being will be satisfied,