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What do you look forward to most about getting older?
Posted on Dec 5th, 2008
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Magen
Magen
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for December 05, 2008:
I've seen people age in a few ways. My father was intemperate in his youth, he traveled the world, fought in wars, and probably slept with hundreds of women. Now he is in his fifties with a steady helicopter piloting job, and hes hardly less than miserable. He does the same thing week after week and I can tell its not what he wants, but what he is stuck with. I want the opposite. I have been doing the same old same old since I was born. I know that right now I need to concentrate on schooling and starting a career. I look forward to having the freedom to travel and avoiding the mundane. I look forward to getting past the responsibility of setting up my life, and actually using it to do some good. I want to be someone, and youth fades quickly, so I look forward to that about getting older.
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