There was an old forgotten dream, to move to London and become a VJ, which is a video discjockey, the one announcing videos and interviewing bands, at MTV or other music channels.

Contrary to DJs who worked live on air, but from the quiet of their radio studio, VJs were part of television culture.

Equal to anchors from regular channels, they were selected on their ability to perform in front of a camera, interact with guests, and to be bold and creative in particular when on location.

The more you were allowed to go out, and the bigger the stars you were to interview;
The higher your rogue-status needed to be.

I can’t imagine I thought that far ahead though. I was not actually interested in interviewing anybody, nor in being a celebrity myself. But I dreamed of going for daily runs in Hyde Park, and it was the single reason I actually ran for a brief year or so.

I wanted my life to be interesting and to be saved from the corporate bubble that was about to swallow me whole.

MTV never amounted to anything though, but luckily I was still spared. In a far less interesting but also less risky way, and I rarely thought back to this strange phase in my life.
Until now.

Because it is the perfect cover for this timeline project where I pretend it’s 35 years ago.
This angle gives Lauren 1991 something to aim for, and also solves a hell of a pesky planning problem which keeps resurfacing:
When to make content for my YouTube channels?!

Just the pop-culture related series, which are my favorite ones, cost 5 hours per week.

As much as I want to keep this modern-day, YouTube related stuff on my weekdays/ workhours/ 2026 timeline;
It just doesn’t fit!

But if Lauren 1991 would have a dream to be a VJ?
Then she could spend her Sundays working for a local tv station.

Bingo.

~Lauren
An unexamined life is not worth living