Inspired by Andy Brown's speech to Ephram in this week's episode, I decided to close my eyes and visualize where I would be in five years and figure out what I had to do to get me there. Well, as I closed my eyelids, the first thought that came to mind was, "In five years, I'll be thirty...well, twenty-nine, going on thirty. Holy crap! I'm too old for this visualization stuff. I need to get a life. That's what I need five years from now...a life." With that, my eyes flew open as I burst out laughing. Moment gone.
With that, I bring you stuff stolen from other people's blogs and modified for my own purposes...
10 years ago today, I would have been...
1. A tenth grader with ambitions of becoming the next Frank Lloyd Wright
2. Looking forward to my two week stint shadowing a much cooler third-year engineering student as part of a high-school/university co-op exchange program.
1. Shy and insecure.
5 years ago today, I would have been...
1. In my third year of University, officially having declared my intention to major in English Literature, after ditching the whole science thing and thereby dashing my parents' hopes of me entering the medical, dental, or engineering professions.
2. Living with my sister in a great little apartment on campus.
3. Getting ready to move to Victotria for my first job...and learning to be comfortable with being alone in a new place.
3 years ago today, I would have been...
1. Working at BC Hydro, trying to decipher my cube-mate's Portuguese conversations with her nanny while writing too many long e-mails to a girl that I evetually dated months later.
2. Figuring out that I probably wanted to be a graphic designer when I graduated.
3. Really giving serious consideration to the question of what I was going to do with the rest of my life.
1 year ago today, I was...
1. Just returning from a two-month long business trip in Toronto.
2. Itching to get back on the road.
3. And out of the house.
So far this year, I have...
1. Become more jaded and cynical, much to my dismay.
2. Been offered opportunities in Greece, Saudi Arabia, Minneapolis, and Texas, only to be forced to turn them down. (Only the last one was my decision.)
3. Travelled to New York. Alone.
Yesterday, I...
1. Started to wrap my head around my sister's upcoming wedding.
2. Went to the movies. Alone.
3. Started writing a handwritten letter to a friend.
Today, I...
1. Overslept.
2. Nodded and smiled a lot while the boss man yammered on with his hands flailing around madly in front of him as he gesticulated. I tuned him out after the first sentence. I don't think he caught on.
3. Finished several ads and crossed off many an item on my to-do list.
Tomorrow, I...
1. Will go to work early and give my "wife" a big welcome back hug.
2. Will give an orientation to my new assistant and b/s my way through his training.
3. Will carpe the diem a little more, and find out what the future holds for me.
Day Dreamer :: Donovan Frankenreiter
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
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