When I was young, it seemed like forever to reach major school milestones, e.g. junior high, high school and college. Our daughter, who is in sixth grade, feels that college is still a long ways away. On the other hand, I can't believe that our daughter will be in college in only 6 1/2 years. It's going by so fast.
The problem for me was that when I was young I thought had all the time in the world to get my things done in life. So I had no sense urgency to get moving. I took life as it came. I didn't worry about whether things would work out. I figured that I would just take the next step when the opportunity presented itself.
Little did I realize that wouldn't work as I got older. There needed to be a sense of urgency to make things happen. Things needed to be actively managed. Letting events unfold wasn't good enough. Luckily, I figured that out about a third into my career, early enough to make a material difference.
I figure I got about 20 (30 if I'm lucky) good years remaining, However, I know the next 10 years will be the best ones. So it would be good to start packing in all that I want to do, instead of waiting for life to happen.
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