Where did the last ten years go?
Upon turning eighteen, your life dramatically changes. You are more or less free to choose your future path but more importantly, you are now more accountable for all of your actions and decisions.

With so much choice, there is no doubt an uncertainty that many teenagers experience.

“What if I make a wrong choice and waste time pursuing a path that I might abandon?”

Whether it’s a study path, a job path or a change of location, any decision brings about risk. This risk will warrant some caution before acting.

Then again, during your late teens and early twenties is the best time to experiment and perhaps make a few wrong choices to an extent. Confidence levels, optimism and naivety are generally higher during this period than in other chapters of your life.

What usually happens is that somewhere between the ages of eighteen and twenty seven, you stumble across doing something that you like or somewhere where you prefer to live.

While it’s normal to worry about the future, I think it’s much more important to focus on and enjoy the present. The future isn’t guaranteed but when you look back after ten years, it will be much more rewarding to know that each year was well lived  considering the situation at the time.

This isn’t to say that you should not set goals or plan ahead. Rather, you should put your best into each year and know that nothing is wasted in trying.

I’m no expert and taking each opportunity as it presents itself. I will no doubt use this notion throughout the next ten years a day see where I end up then.

A life well loved is a life well lived