When I was in my 20's I took a lot of risk in how I choose to live my life, and when I entered my 30's I became more wiser and cautious how I choose to live my life. And somewhere in the back of my mind, I can't help but wonder what my life will be like in my 40's, 50's or 60's. I know that I'm going to get old though, and that is inevitable. But at the moment, I'm 34 yrs old and I can't help but wonder if I'm taking too much risk or not enough risk in order to get where I need to be in this journey called life. There is much left that I haven't done yet in order for me to feel as though my life is stable and moving at a pace where I'm making the kind of progress that I can feel proud of. Instead, I feel like I'm not taking enough risk in order to have the life that I want to have. And deep down I simply feel that one day I'm going to wake up in my 40's cursing myself for not taking more risks to be happier.
The origination of my thinking was during my conversation with my boss and friends yesterday, and mainly that everyone is always thinking about the future, and some are either preparing for it, while some are relying on the past in hopes that it will guide them to a future of their choosing.
I think at times, my past can be down right haunting and cause me not to take certain risks that I deem necessary to moving forward. However, I know that I need to take certain risks to make sure that my future is in my hands and not in the hands of the unstable economy and flaky friends.
Because I know that there is a culture of people who understand that in order to get to the top you have to learn to risk more risks, and take more chances to stay ahead.
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