…and with that, my first three decades on this mortal coil are all tied together in a nice little bow. So far as I can tell, it hasn’t been a bad life; not quite a Pulitzer-worthy tale, but if all goes well, it’s far from over.
There’s still a lot I’m trying to come to terms with, wether I know the questions or not. Up until now I’ve been more than content to just experience things as best I can, leave as light a footprint as possible — which really makes the fact that I keep this blog at all quite peculiar, however infrequent my postings are.
The question in front of me now is the one most people deal with when confronted by big round numbers in their age: what’s the next ten years hold for me? Where exactly do I want to stand? While I’m not heading to the retirement home tomorrow, there’s not much room left for “childish” mistakes — time to man up and make the most out of my most productive years. For now, the incremental improvements I’ve been making have been good enough, but I think I need to draft up more of a map than that.
But I’ll start worrying about all that tomorrow. For today, my plans are to sit with my friends relaxation and reflection; tossing back memories and getting drunk on accomplishments.
Update: I finally got around to posting pics from my birthday gathering to Flickr.
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do i have to worry about all this shit next year?? draw out a map on how my life will be turning out?? and I DONT WANT TO GROW UP!!! christ i still watch all my old episodes of the transformers!
this stinks….
Yes Pete. All this and more is coming your way, so you better get ready to nut up and deal with it! ^_^
Actually, you don’t need the map, or the planning, or even the forethought on your life. But I think I do, if only because I like maps and having some idea of what my paths might be. So maybe you’ll be fine without all the grief and introspection, but don’t come crying when you fail to plan and find yourself living in your parent’s place ten years from now.
And as far as I’m concerned, you can keep the cartoons in your life — I sure enough have.