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> This was very cool. I'm only 23, but I'm always thinking about the future, always planning for when I get old. Okay. > I definitely don't ever see myself "r

by qubax 8y ago

> This was very cool. I'm only 23, but I'm always thinking about the future, always planning for when I get old. Okay. > I definitely don't ever see myself "retiring"-- and I mean that: I will never not be interested in what I'm interested in now. Okay. We were all 23 once too. We all took philosophy or literature class and thought we figured it out too. Just a word of advice, people change, life change, society changes and even you change. Ah to be young again...

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
You assume as you age you'll figure out things better and really just find life easier - I've found it just becomes a larger list of fears and unknowns. You get better at handling them, but they keep popping up. Your values are challenged and what you thought was important shift. That surety you had when you were just starting out evaporates as you now need to keep your family/job/house functioning like a pile of spinning plates. You get bigger and bigger rewards, but the obstacles also get bigger and more and more varied to match.
creep 8y ago
Do you think that because I'm young I haven't experienced significant or profound change? My opinions don't come from a philosophy class. That's a bit naive of you. I "get" it. There's so much more left for me to experience. But you and I both stand from our positions and project these positions onto the future, inaccurately. You can't say shit until you're dead, but there's no point in stifling your predictions until then ('cause you'll be dead).
- SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
  > But you and I both stand from our positions and project these positions onto the future, inaccurately. The difference being that the one further ahead can look back at what happened to them and understand the shifts. You're only trying to project forward. This is one of those "speaking from experience" deals.

by qubax 8y ago

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago

You assume as you age you'll figure out things better and really just find life easier - I've found it just becomes a larger list of fears and unknowns. You get better at handling them, but they keep popping up. Your values are challenged and what you thought was important shift. That surety you had when you were just starting out evaporates as you now need to keep your family/job/house functioning like a pile of spinning plates. You get bigger and bigger rewards, but the obstacles also get bigger and more and more varied to match.

creep 8y ago

Do you think that because I'm young I haven't experienced significant or profound change? My opinions don't come from a philosophy class. That's a bit naive of you. I "get" it. There's so much more left for me to experience. But you and I both stand from our positions and project these positions onto the future, inaccurately. You can't say shit until you're dead, but there's no point in stifling your predictions until then ('cause you'll be dead).

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
> But you and I both stand from our positions and project these positions onto the future, inaccurately. The difference being that the one further ahead can look back at what happened to them and understand the shifts. You're only trying to project forward. This is one of those "speaking from experience" deals.