that's not life

today my dad told me that he didn't like his job 

he followed it up with 

"you know, that's just life" 

but

I don't think that that's what life is 

I don't think you need to settle 

I don't think you have to be stuck doing something you don't love

I refuse to believe that I have to live a life of mediocrity 

I hope when I'm 42 I can tell my daughter that I love what I do and I love what I've done 

that I wouldn't want to be anyone or anything else

and that that's life. 

I guess I just don't want to live a "well, that's life" life.