Day 234: Timeline

It is going to be a lengthy post today. Ready ?

Going through each day is hard enough especially folks living in the city. Don't you think ? The speed of the daily life is amazingly fast that everything seems very blurry.

Let's look at a big picture today. The first quarter of our life is pretty much in other people's hands such parents, guardians, teachers, friends, etc. But we need them at that age.

But do they know how you want to live your life ? And do you know ?

Suddenly we're out of high school, feeling rushed for the first time and most of us have to choose a career path. (And if you're from Thailand like me, we have to choose our major even before entering a college. And we can't change it without going through crazy requirement.) Often I think this is totally insane. It's like asking a baby what they want to do for the rest of their life. But I don't really have a better solution to offer. 

Then we study so hard and try to get a job to pay off loans and bills. Suddenly we're half way of our life. We feel we have gone so far down the road and so deep into the career we chose (or being told to choose) that we think it's wasting time to start new.

Is it really wasting ? Or keep going is more wasting ?

What's your goal now ? Is it what you want or what others want you to be ? Do you want to be at the top of your career or simply want to enjoy working ? Have tons of savings or tons of experience ? Do you want explore the world or you want to settle ? Focus on your career or your family ? Do you decide to have a family because you find the one you can't live without  or because of the fear to be alone ? 

There is no right or wrong answer. Many can do all of it. Some has more obligations than others. Just make sure we are after what we want. Don't get dragged and drown by the flow. This is like creating a design concept of our own life. And we can't just have a grand idea. We need to execute it as well.

Otherwise, suddenly, we will be right at the end of our life and realize that it is really too late. And the annoying part is that we don't know if it will end late or soon.

Have you heard of Steve Jobs' speech "Connecting the Dots" ? A must read. It is very encouraging. 

Oh and about Rebecca ? She's totally my role model in this case. I was listening to what she has done in her life and just in awe.  Actually I should ask her to tell me about it again. It's been a while and I am sure I miss a bunch of things. She's out of the house and on her own at the age of 18, joined the marine, worked as a flight attendant, got her degree, learning accounting through her job, studied to be in a law school, be a business manager and a cooking master. She plays flute (and attempted to play Ukulele). She paints. She makes jewelry. She knows how to skate, canoe and bind the books.

Nutty.

But I always admire people who make a change in their life.

So you can be so many things you want to be and do so many things you want to do. Write your list down and just do it because life is really really short.