Day 23 → Something you wish you had done in your life.

up to this point, on the cusp of turning 30, i just mostly wish i had slowed down.

from as early as i can remember i wanted to be an adult. not content to be among my peers, i had always sought to be ahead of them. this tendency for over-achieving has a way of robbing us of the moment. it has a way of making us overlook the important things in life, until it’s too late.

i grew up way too fast. but that is mostly my fault. or at least that’s how it feels. after all, i was the one that decided how & what to spend my time on, right?

so this summer i sort of pulled the plug. i decided that if i didn’t want to see an early grave i’d have to slow way the heck down and start appreciating life in the moment instead of constantly striving for “the next ________.”

how’s that going so far? well, i’m poorer and i may be unemployed at any moment. but now i know where true beauty lies in the world around us. and i’m the happiest i’ve ever been.
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are you getting what you want? or are you just getting old?

by JTW
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