I hate it when people ask me "how do you see yourself 10 years from now?" I don't hate them because they are invasive and meddling. I hate them because they make me realize that I do not have an answer to this question.
I really do not have the slightest idea of what my life will be like in year 2023. Probably, I will be in some sleazy diner in the US serving tables to sweaty truck drivers or smelly bikers. Maybe I will be in Hollywood fetching coffee for George Clooney. Or I can still be in GMA 7 directing a soap opera. Better yet, I live in a small villa in Tuscany tending my vineyard with a hunky Italian gardener who hates wearing shirts.I can go on all day but seriously, I do not know.
I know, though, what I want to happen. I have a clear image in my mind of what I intend to become in the future. But I do not have a timeframe. My plans can happen tomorrow, or next year or 10 years from now. I am working on them to come true. I know what I want and I am making it happen.
During my 7th year in college, my childhood dream came true. As a child, I did not know it was going to happen in that year. I just knew I was going to achieve it. I just did not have an idea WHEN. I never thought, "when I have overstayed in college, I am going to be in showbiz." I waited for the opportunity to be presented and I kicked ass working hard to get it. And now, I am in that place.
But then, I have a new list. A list with all the plans I have in mind. And it is very long.
I live life one day at a time. Say it is a safe answer to the abovementioned question but it is true for me. You definitely will feel more protected when you can ascertain earlier if your dreams are within reach or impossible to attain. At least, you will be able to determine if you are just wasting your time. But then, that is where all the fun is.
Taking action with the probability of failure. Scary thought. But what if you succeed? Fuck, it will just be pure bliss! Just jumping into the daily demands of work and taking chances on the basis of trial and error. No exact game plan. No specific timetable. Just testing the water, waiting for your luck to change, expecting the worst, hoping for the best, failing, succeeding, failing and succeeding again. The adventure. That's what my life has been about all these years.
Being lost in a foreign land, meeting strangers who share your beliefs, getting into trouble and getting out of it, breaking the rules, straightening out your life, compelling yourself to conform, realizing that you have risen and fallen too many times and still was able to maintain your sanity. And along the way, you steadily cross out your plans one by one off the list because they have been completed. Was it luck? Or fate? I don't know. Because I only attribute my successes and failures to myself and no one else.
So, how about you? Do you have an answer? How do you see yourself 10 years from now?
I really do not have the slightest idea of what my life will be like in year 2023. Probably, I will be in some sleazy diner in the US serving tables to sweaty truck drivers or smelly bikers. Maybe I will be in Hollywood fetching coffee for George Clooney. Or I can still be in GMA 7 directing a soap opera. Better yet, I live in a small villa in Tuscany tending my vineyard with a hunky Italian gardener who hates wearing shirts.I can go on all day but seriously, I do not know.
I know, though, what I want to happen. I have a clear image in my mind of what I intend to become in the future. But I do not have a timeframe. My plans can happen tomorrow, or next year or 10 years from now. I am working on them to come true. I know what I want and I am making it happen.
During my 7th year in college, my childhood dream came true. As a child, I did not know it was going to happen in that year. I just knew I was going to achieve it. I just did not have an idea WHEN. I never thought, "when I have overstayed in college, I am going to be in showbiz." I waited for the opportunity to be presented and I kicked ass working hard to get it. And now, I am in that place.
But then, I have a new list. A list with all the plans I have in mind. And it is very long.
I live life one day at a time. Say it is a safe answer to the abovementioned question but it is true for me. You definitely will feel more protected when you can ascertain earlier if your dreams are within reach or impossible to attain. At least, you will be able to determine if you are just wasting your time. But then, that is where all the fun is.
Taking action with the probability of failure. Scary thought. But what if you succeed? Fuck, it will just be pure bliss! Just jumping into the daily demands of work and taking chances on the basis of trial and error. No exact game plan. No specific timetable. Just testing the water, waiting for your luck to change, expecting the worst, hoping for the best, failing, succeeding, failing and succeeding again. The adventure. That's what my life has been about all these years.
Being lost in a foreign land, meeting strangers who share your beliefs, getting into trouble and getting out of it, breaking the rules, straightening out your life, compelling yourself to conform, realizing that you have risen and fallen too many times and still was able to maintain your sanity. And along the way, you steadily cross out your plans one by one off the list because they have been completed. Was it luck? Or fate? I don't know. Because I only attribute my successes and failures to myself and no one else.
So, how about you? Do you have an answer? How do you see yourself 10 years from now?
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