"To My 18 Year Old Self"
You know that question that people like to ask? The one question that can literally go in a million directions? It’s a question I get asked at least three times a year, if not more. Where do you see yourself in ____ years? Some people ask the minimum and only want to know about your year-long goals, but then there are others who take the leap and ask you to think about where you see yourself in ten or more years. They ask you with a sense of wanting to know more about you, your goals, ambitions and drives. They try to understand what motivates you and whether or not you have the willpower to get to the end point of reaching your goals that you tell them. Almost like a sense of accountability and sometimes, at least in my mind, there’s a lot of pressure to make sure that I complete those goals...to follow through. Ten years ago, I am sure that I was asked this same question, probably for an English class assignment or essay, or within a group setting like my chur...