I'm sure as a child growing up was something I wanted to do more than anything. I looked forward to having my dream job, finding my prince charming, having a pretty cottage and having a family.
You spend your childhood drawing dream houses, watching films with those happily ever after stories and being convinced that, that is how life is going to be when older.
Sorry to the younger me, but that really isn't reality. It's just dreams.
Sounds like I'm trying to say, ignore your dreams, it'll never happen. Do work for them. If you want to become a successful Scientist who finds a new organism or foreign plant that has the cure for Cancer or HIV, do that. Want to become an author? Write stories, document your life through photographs, videos. Take advantage of inspiration.
I'm doing nothing my younger self wanted to. I mean, having children by 24 and married by 26? Well that certainly terrifies the shit out of me with the fact I used to want to work towards that. As we grow older in today's world the passion of having a family young, lessens. Our generation is striving for success and to be the best of the best before we even think about settling down with families. We want to be stable and secure and not just take the 'see what happens' option. People replace children with pets, cheaper, don't need to pay for new clothes and they don't cry all the time. Bliss.
Maybe somewhere down the line we might start to regret this way of life? The whole, being content when you have a job and money and stability instead of just going for the impulse? Who knows.
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