Have you ever felt like you were being asked to make decisions about your future with no information you trusted and no idea what your future self would want?
not exactly the same thing I guess, but man I get so sick of people telling me that what I want will change over time. I know! I still want stuff though.
isn’t that all of childhood? “What do you want to be when you grow up?” As if, at the tender age of 6, I had any idea what I would be like the next day, let alone the next year.
love the color. I feel like choosing an undergrad university/major is like that… most people really have no idea who they are or what they want at age 18.
Mostly, all I know is I don’t want to know where I’ll be in ten years. Mystery, anticipation- these are worth so much more than security.
The person you are today will not exist in ten years, but bits of that person will be everywhere at once. Everyone who meets you carries something of you away. Even your body is constantly replacing its own particles, and the matter that comprises you today will be all over the world ten years from now.
Cue up Barenaked Ladies, ‘Everything to Everyone’.
My dreams at age 5 or 6 had only one thing in common with my act at age 18: I wanted starships. I ended up on submarines, closest thing I could find. Then I got into printing presses, then (as now) I fix computers… Closest thing I managed to the stars is Star Wars roleplaying games.
Feel this very frequently. Came to uni at 17, to study law. In law it is expected you will have your entire career planned out before you graduate, down to who you wish to practice under and where you will be when you’re 40, 50, and so on.
I had a hatred for being asked that question. I only ever saw myself ten years older, with the same family and friends I had then, but times changed and how can I be expected to accurately predict the actions of myself and others which lead to q conclusion ten years in the future.
At six, I always wanted to be a bird. Daring to soar higher than mountains, to rediscover the thrill of the hunt guided by natural instinct and to be free.
Now that I have finally realised what it is I want to be, I admit I am a little afraid in taking the first steps.
Should you ask me what I want to be when I grow up, if for that matter. I would respond a thinker. Something relating to the trail of thought, explosive and contaigous energy of ideas and daring to dream has me captivated.
happy new year to you too. colorful SV is great!
If you click the “colour” link in the tag cloud you’ll get a list of all the Secret Vespers episodes that are in colour.
not exactly the same thing I guess, but man I get so sick of people telling me that what I want will change over time. I know! I still want stuff though.
I know the feeling. I want stuff!
isn’t that all of childhood? “What do you want to be when you grow up?” As if, at the tender age of 6, I had any idea what I would be like the next day, let alone the next year.
At six, I was pretty sure I wanted to be a dinosaur.
i want to be in a place that i find nothing has changed, except my ability to love the constants in my life.
love the color. I feel like choosing an undergrad university/major is like that… most people really have no idea who they are or what they want at age 18.
Mostly, all I know is I don’t want to know where I’ll be in ten years. Mystery, anticipation- these are worth so much more than security.
well, to answer the question, i always feel that way whenever anyone ask about the future. be it 2 5 or 10.
there’s so much possibilities… i don’t want to restrict myself in any way…
Happy New Year~
be happy!
You still have to choose between things to be happy about.
The person you are today will not exist in ten years, but bits of that person will be everywhere at once. Everyone who meets you carries something of you away. Even your body is constantly replacing its own particles, and the matter that comprises you today will be all over the world ten years from now.
Are you saying I am going to explode?
Just kidding. I certainly hope people carry away lasting impressions from me, from this site, from other things I make and do.
Cue up Barenaked Ladies, ‘Everything to Everyone’.
My dreams at age 5 or 6 had only one thing in common with my act at age 18: I wanted starships. I ended up on submarines, closest thing I could find. Then I got into printing presses, then (as now) I fix computers… Closest thing I managed to the stars is Star Wars roleplaying games.
As a child, I wanted to escape the place I lived and the people that surrounded me. I achieved that. It still makes those I left behind angry!
Feel this very frequently. Came to uni at 17, to study law. In law it is expected you will have your entire career planned out before you graduate, down to who you wish to practice under and where you will be when you’re 40, 50, and so on.
Because I have SO much idea of that.
I had a hatred for being asked that question. I only ever saw myself ten years older, with the same family and friends I had then, but times changed and how can I be expected to accurately predict the actions of myself and others which lead to q conclusion ten years in the future.
At six, I always wanted to be a bird. Daring to soar higher than mountains, to rediscover the thrill of the hunt guided by natural instinct and to be free.
Now that I have finally realised what it is I want to be, I admit I am a little afraid in taking the first steps.
Should you ask me what I want to be when I grow up, if for that matter. I would respond a thinker. Something relating to the trail of thought, explosive and contaigous energy of ideas and daring to dream has me captivated.