My Life, My Design

By Eric Mathis
  • birth

    birth

    I Was orn on June 6th, 1997 in Orangeburg, SC
  • Period: to

    Life by Design

  • moving away

    moving away

    My family moved out of the south to Kansas City, MO
  • first day of school

    first day of school

    It was my first day of pre-school at Kindercare.
  • First day at graden

    First day at graden

    It was my first day in Kindergarden, and my first day in the Park Hill School District.
  • first "Job"

    first "Job"

    I got my first source of income by mowing lawns for a neighbor
  • leaving the elementry school

    leaving the elementry school

    I passed the 5th grade and moved on to secondary education.
  • middle school

    middle school

    middle school begins, but honestly nothing much happens.
  • High school

    High school

    high school starts and introduces me to music and theatre as a chareer choice.
  • First Real Job

    First Real Job

    I got my first offical job working as a begger at Hy-Vee
  • going to college and applying for financial aid

    going to college and applying for financial aid

    Applying for financial aid to go to my top college pick, DePauw University.
  • Graduation

    Graduation

    Graduating Park Hill and going on to collage.
  • First opera auditions

    First opera auditions

    I should hopefull be auditioning for the local opera house by this point.
  • renting an apartment

    renting an apartment

    I will be renting a small apartment, but given that I will be traveling a lot, it will not be extravigent.
  • graduation

    graduation

    Graduating from DePauw with a masters in vocal performance

  • investing

    I would like to begin investing and having some savings to help me out later in life.
  • met auditions

    met auditions

    I will be submitting my Met auditions after hitting applicable age.
  • traveling around

    traveling around

    I plan to spend the good majority of my career traveling to different hoses to make a decent living.
  • beginning to settle down

    beginning to settle down

    I would like to start a family and start doing more local jobs. I would also like to finance a house.
  • teaching

    teaching

    I would like to go back to school to earn my teaching cirtificate and start teaching private voice lessons.
  • the in-between times

    the in-between times

    hopefully I will be giving lessons and local performances by this point. I also plan to be saving for retirement.
  • Retirement

    Retirement

    I hope to retire from a long career of music.