My life 20 years from now, a Blog Off post
Every two weeks, the blogosphere comes alive with something called a Blog Off. A Blog Off is an occasion in which bloggers of each stripe weigh in on the identical subject matter on the identical day. The subject matter for this spherical of the Blog Off is "What will your lifestyles seem like 20 years from now?"
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| Portrait of an Old Man (Johann Harms); Egon Schiele, 1916; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; New York |
In twenty years I'll be sixty six years old. That sounds old, however then again, two decades in the past I become 26 and 46 sounded definitely historical. But at forty six I can say that 46 doesn't honestly sense very vintage. So I'm positive the 66 yr antique model of me may not think he's antique.
But the remaining twenty years in the past have taught me a thing or two and I count on that the following 20 will educate me even extra. One of the important things I've discovered is to avoid making predictions about a destiny I can not control. Had I been requested this question at 26, the prediction I might have made on the time could have born 0 resemblance to what my existence without a doubt looks like today. I can't inform you what a great issue it changed into to had been so wrong about a lot.
One of the pleasant items I've received as I've grown older is endurance. When I turned into a lot more youthful I was devoid of it completely and I wasted endless possibilities in my rush to have the future arrive. A future I had all mapped out of route. But some time inside the final 20 years I discovered the folly of getting to hung up on unique plans, particular effects and unique futures. I've found out that if I can alternatively plan for intangibles like "I want to be happy," I become in a higher place whilst it's all stated and achieved. More important than that, I can then listen and revel in each moment of the constantly inventing itself present.
If I get too connected to the end game, I cannot alter my plans and I cannot jump on the new possibilities that display up so continually. If I can fully commit myself to now, tomorrow looks after itself. That sounds counterintuitive, however it really works.
So what's going to my lifestyles seem like in two decades? I wouldn't chance a wager however I actually have a feeling it'll look truly like my existence does nowadays. I may be engaged in something productive that will pay the bills and makes me sense fulfilled. I'll have a number of touch with the people I love. I'll preserve to research and grow. I'll nonetheless pride in the actions and activities of my nieces and nephews as they strike out on their own and build lives for themselves. I'll have traveled to a group of new locations and could have accrued a whole lot extra memories. I'll nonetheless be writing in a few capacity. I'll be satisfied.
That's it. Me in twenty years. It'll be thrilling to see what my lifestyles seems like then but now not nearly as interesting because the direction I'll take to get there. What approximately you?
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As the day goes on, the rest of the participants in today's Blog Off will appear miraculously at the end of this post. Keep checking back and check out everybody's posts. You can follow along in Twitter as well, just look for the hashtag #LetsBlogOff. If you'd like more information about about the Blog Off or if you'd like to see the results of previous Blog Offs, you can find the main website here .