Blogger Braces For Three More Quarter Centuries, Eats Cake
Franklin, TN~ Stop the presses. I am turning 25 today.
But turning 25 ain't that bad. I mean, after all, the insurance goes down, supposedly. And people respect you more, but not really. I remember at age 23 how I felt in limbo. Do I hang on to the goofy college mentality or do I look forward to a "career." At 24, I just kind of fumbled and bumbled my way through a "real job" for a company called Servpro. Yuck! It was in that beautiful time between 23 and 24 that I realized some very important things. And, after seeking wisdom from people both a little and alot older than me, I have settled on some very important nuggets of wisdom:
-As cliche as it sounds, you will only be young once. If you must choose between canoeing down a river with your shirt off like an Indian or attending a seminar....choose the canoe.
-If you want to go to Seattle because you have never been, but you can't really afford it, go to Seattle. Don't wait until your old because then you have arthritis and going to Seattle will hurt more.
-Don't try to get rich too fast. Until you appreciate how many memories you can squeeze out of one dollar, making a million won't mean anything to you.
-As a young person, you embody possibility. You bring hope to people who want to do what they never did.
-If you turn twenty five having never known the freedom of a roadtrip with no itinerary, a camping trip with no structure, or a day without time, drop what you're doing and make that happen.
-At 25, everyone you know will tell you "get a career" "show some direction" "find a nice girl" or "settle down already." Don't rush any of these. Instead, watch a documentary about what happens when you dam a river in the wrong location.
-Perhaps most importantly, be free. Be free in your mindset, in the possibilty of all that lies before you. Be free to chase all things that are to come.
Now that I am 25, I look around at all my friends that are "done." Those that are locked into marriages and mortgages, car payments and careers, and I don't envy them...at all. I am still enamored by my boyish freedom; the rope swing of life that I feel like I have just now begun to swing on. I have just now left my feet anxiously anticipating the rush of excitement that tomorrow brings.
I guess what I love most about your years is that they are like a new day: before it comes you've never seen it and once its gone you will never see it again. Here's to tomorrow, but more importantly, here's to today.
That's the story of my life...
But turning 25 ain't that bad. I mean, after all, the insurance goes down, supposedly. And people respect you more, but not really. I remember at age 23 how I felt in limbo. Do I hang on to the goofy college mentality or do I look forward to a "career." At 24, I just kind of fumbled and bumbled my way through a "real job" for a company called Servpro. Yuck! It was in that beautiful time between 23 and 24 that I realized some very important things. And, after seeking wisdom from people both a little and alot older than me, I have settled on some very important nuggets of wisdom:
-As cliche as it sounds, you will only be young once. If you must choose between canoeing down a river with your shirt off like an Indian or attending a seminar....choose the canoe.
-If you want to go to Seattle because you have never been, but you can't really afford it, go to Seattle. Don't wait until your old because then you have arthritis and going to Seattle will hurt more.
-Don't try to get rich too fast. Until you appreciate how many memories you can squeeze out of one dollar, making a million won't mean anything to you.
-As a young person, you embody possibility. You bring hope to people who want to do what they never did.
-If you turn twenty five having never known the freedom of a roadtrip with no itinerary, a camping trip with no structure, or a day without time, drop what you're doing and make that happen.
-At 25, everyone you know will tell you "get a career" "show some direction" "find a nice girl" or "settle down already." Don't rush any of these. Instead, watch a documentary about what happens when you dam a river in the wrong location.
-Perhaps most importantly, be free. Be free in your mindset, in the possibilty of all that lies before you. Be free to chase all things that are to come.
Now that I am 25, I look around at all my friends that are "done." Those that are locked into marriages and mortgages, car payments and careers, and I don't envy them...at all. I am still enamored by my boyish freedom; the rope swing of life that I feel like I have just now begun to swing on. I have just now left my feet anxiously anticipating the rush of excitement that tomorrow brings.
I guess what I love most about your years is that they are like a new day: before it comes you've never seen it and once its gone you will never see it again. Here's to tomorrow, but more importantly, here's to today.
That's the story of my life...
posted by Winston A. Hall at 5:37 AM
5 Comments:
i LOVE this post.
all so true... and now i'm going to schedule that trip to seattle ;)
oh yeah, and i'm terrible and completely forgot to say...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I'm going to Europe after i graduate... i'm practically charging the whole trip on a piece of plastic. :) Hope you had a happy Birthday!
p.s. that was from sarah medlock
I do so enjoy your blog! This post, in particular. I think it sounds like you have the philosophical foundation for an interesting and unusual 25th year. One that I am very keen to read about. Enjoy it!
Happy Belated Birthday!
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