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Has your life turned out as planned?

  • 22-09-2005 4:03pm
    #1
    rgdrfgdf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    Has your life turned out as planned?
    Doing now what you thought you’d be doing ten years ago?
    How easy is it to stick to the plan of college-semi-work/travel-settle down a slight bit and then suddenly at thirty meet a partner for life?!


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  • #2
    Dagon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 857 ✭✭✭Dagon


    Sounds kind of like the vague plan I sometimes consider for my life (I'm 25). And I like the way things are turning out so far. But so many interesting unplanned things have happened by just letting it flow... I think that is the best way.

    My advice is; don't plan! There are so many surprises and so many different journeys you can go on, with limitless choices everywhere. To plan is to destroy the wonder of living freely. To plan is to chain yourself to future ideals which are all based on "old knowledge", or knowledge based on your past and your beliefs and experience, which is completely useless in reality and will only bring about conflict - especially when you try to apply it to an imaginary "future".

    Live freely.


  • #3
    dublinshane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭dublinshane


    Well for me life was going pretty OK. I had done well enough at school and went on to college and had a great few years there. I got a decent job and while you always think you can do better and earn more I was grand. I met a great girl and we have had a great relationship over the past year or so. I had done a bit of travelling - spending a Summer in the States and then working in Germany for a summer and so on. I wasn't setting the world on fire with any major achievements but I was really happy.

    Never get too complacent - all that it takes is for making a stupid mistake and things can change dramatically. As I have said on another thread I am likely to end up in prison probably early next year, if not sooner and that has really changed my plans and expectations for the future.

    I can't be sure that my girlfriend will stay with me when I'm locked up - who wants a boyfriend behind bars. I'm sure it would change my relationship with my family but they have been supportive so far. I also know that it is really hard to get a decent job if you've been in jail - can't say I would be too happy about taking on an ex prisoner if I was all in an employer all things being equal but who knows. I also know that if I end up in jail I won't be able to travel as much as I like especially to places like America and Australia.

    At this stage all I can focus on is what the next few months or even years could bring. I'm not making any plans beyond that because my life will probably change for ever if I end up in jail.

    Appreciate it if your life is going OK. Having your health, your freedom and a bit of money and good friends and family is so important. Don't be too upset if you don't acheive everything you want straight awy. Make good choices along the way if you can.

    Never thought I was the type of person who would be looking at a prison cell but you never can tell.


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