Should your life change as you get older?

[biophase]

Looking back 5, 10 or even 15 years ago... my life is pretty much the same. Just different place, different people, same ole me. LOL

I don't know if that's a good thing or not but for some reason I feel more guilty living the same way now as I did 15 years ago. But why should I? Is it because there is no sense of accomplishment when you're older, but when you're younger it's ok because you don't have that "career" job yet.

Here's what I used to do in my early 20's.
(Lived at home with parents)
Wake up
Go to work
Work out
Play basketball
Eat
Sleep

Mid 20's
Wake up
Go to work
Work out
-- home improvement
-- play basketball
Eat
Sleep

30's
Wake up
Go to work
Work out
-- home improvement
-- play basketball
-- invest in real estate
Eat
Sleep

Now
Wake up
Sort of go to work
-- home improvement
-- play basketball
-- invest in real estate
------- golf (slowly creeping onto this list)
Eat
Sleep

 

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[AroundTheWorld]

Live your Life in Chapters

20 - 25.

Pregnant or nursing every single day for five years... lol.

and of course, chasing the toddlers around.

oh, and going to college.

25 - 30

Starting a Business - when not chasing kids around.

oh, and going to college... (I was on the ten year plan. Tends to happen when you - uh - can't figure out what causes pregnancy )

30 - present.

REI
Homeschooling my kids


Its funny. When I look at it that way, it doesn't seem to have changed too much ... family life and something on the side. But, the something on the side has drastically changed. First, school. Then, business. Now, REI - and really... I'm leaning toward business again.

A few years back, I read something in a book that has really shaped the way I live my life...

"Live your life in chapters. You don't need to accomplish everything during this chapter of rearing children"

While this really does help people juggling family life with work/money/business/investing/whatever it has actually helped me in accomplishing my "outside of the family" ambitions. I have a desire to:

build a business
REI
Write a book
Be a social entrepreneur
Travel the world
etc. etc.

But, I can't get them all done at once. So, I live my life in chapters.

Chapter one: Get a degree
Chapter two: build a business
Chapter three: obtain financial independence

This is where I am now.

Next chapters will be... (subject to change)

Chapter four: Be a social entrepreneur
Chapter five: Travel the world
Chapter six: write a book.

Though, I think these three will sort of mesh together.

 

[Russ H]

Sonya (Around the World)-

With some of what I've seen you write on your blog, I'd consider bumping the writing timeline up a little.

As a new parent, I enjoy reading your "a-has".

The kitten story was particularly insightful.

Good stuff.

Very publishable.

Ever read Anne Lamont?

-Russ H.