The Road is long.........I turned 35 last month. What an interesting time life has been so far. I tend to think back alot. Where I've been, what has changed not only in me but all around us and our society. How things have advanced or gotten worse.
For instance in my lifetime (not just adulthood) I have lived in South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Virginia, Oklahoma City, Texas, California, Maryland (Washington D.C.), Florida, Philippines, Korea, Thailand, Japan, and various places in the Mid East with visits in Europe. And not matter where I go.......I am always for some reason or another, I try to learn those places and how they live and think and compare that place to the other places I have been to. What are the similarities and differences? I feel that is more educating than anything you can get in a college course. My ultimate conclusion........we complain about alot of shit on all levels more than any other country. But that's for another blog.
Also at 35, having a three year old I tend to think about how my parents were in their 30's when I was kid. I remember how they disapproved of things I liked as a teen and what not, and how they thought their things (music, philosophy, etc) were better than what I thought were good. Here I find myself doing those same things already. Example......Music growing up for me in the 70's and 80's were great. And I listen to the crap on the radio now......and I don't like it at all. I don't like rap, hip hop, today's "rock" if it even exists or whatever it's called and how they just sound, not necessarily the lyrics but the beat and sound of it.....music doesn't seem to have a melody like back then. Hell......hair bands of the 80's had more of a "melody" that was better than today's stuff.
It's weird how in actuality we end up like our parents more than we thought we would. And you know what........that's not a bad thing. I love my parents. And I am glad that I have a number their qualities that I tend to amend on some levels. That was their job to instill morals, philosophy, and rules when I was a kid and now it's my job to pass on those qualities to my son.
Those are few things of the past........my wife and I are now looking to the future. And it looks bright and hopeful. Five years to retirement. I think back to my teen years....and how on earth I find myself saying that word. Retirement. As of now we are out of credit hell...and have no bills (other than usual house and insurance type stuff of course). I'm moving up in the job by getting promoted last September. And we are dead set on moving back home to Oklahoma City upon retirement. I can't wait. Great city, good schools (at least from what I remember at the time, can only hope they are still great), great housing opportunities, good friends and family, great seasonal weather......I can handle tornado season better than hurricane season. Here in the panhandle of Florida there's one thing and one thing only that's cool...and that's a beach......other than that.......this town blows chunks in ALL aspects.....that's for another blog.
Retirement........it's not an end to life or a time to dread. But rather a time for a "do over"...have you ever seen City Slickers? Do Over......like when we were kids...but this time get a retirement check with it. Retirement.......a time to take head on the challenges with a "Do Over". Another chapter of life......not the end. For my life I feel have been in chapters......everywhere I have lived had a beginning and an end.....a chapter. I have five years to make that time the best........so I better make it a good one.
For instance in my lifetime (not just adulthood) I have lived in South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Virginia, Oklahoma City, Texas, California, Maryland (Washington D.C.), Florida, Philippines, Korea, Thailand, Japan, and various places in the Mid East with visits in Europe. And not matter where I go.......I am always for some reason or another, I try to learn those places and how they live and think and compare that place to the other places I have been to. What are the similarities and differences? I feel that is more educating than anything you can get in a college course. My ultimate conclusion........we complain about alot of shit on all levels more than any other country. But that's for another blog.
Also at 35, having a three year old I tend to think about how my parents were in their 30's when I was kid. I remember how they disapproved of things I liked as a teen and what not, and how they thought their things (music, philosophy, etc) were better than what I thought were good. Here I find myself doing those same things already. Example......Music growing up for me in the 70's and 80's were great. And I listen to the crap on the radio now......and I don't like it at all. I don't like rap, hip hop, today's "rock" if it even exists or whatever it's called and how they just sound, not necessarily the lyrics but the beat and sound of it.....music doesn't seem to have a melody like back then. Hell......hair bands of the 80's had more of a "melody" that was better than today's stuff.
It's weird how in actuality we end up like our parents more than we thought we would. And you know what........that's not a bad thing. I love my parents. And I am glad that I have a number their qualities that I tend to amend on some levels. That was their job to instill morals, philosophy, and rules when I was a kid and now it's my job to pass on those qualities to my son.
Those are few things of the past........my wife and I are now looking to the future. And it looks bright and hopeful. Five years to retirement. I think back to my teen years....and how on earth I find myself saying that word. Retirement. As of now we are out of credit hell...and have no bills (other than usual house and insurance type stuff of course). I'm moving up in the job by getting promoted last September. And we are dead set on moving back home to Oklahoma City upon retirement. I can't wait. Great city, good schools (at least from what I remember at the time, can only hope they are still great), great housing opportunities, good friends and family, great seasonal weather......I can handle tornado season better than hurricane season. Here in the panhandle of Florida there's one thing and one thing only that's cool...and that's a beach......other than that.......this town blows chunks in ALL aspects.....that's for another blog.
Retirement........it's not an end to life or a time to dread. But rather a time for a "do over"...have you ever seen City Slickers? Do Over......like when we were kids...but this time get a retirement check with it. Retirement.......a time to take head on the challenges with a "Do Over". Another chapter of life......not the end. For my life I feel have been in chapters......everywhere I have lived had a beginning and an end.....a chapter. I have five years to make that time the best........so I better make it a good one.
posted by Dave at 8:42 PM
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Wow having a moment there babe?
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