At 19, I thought I was going to be an archaeologist and dig up old cities. I actually ended up being a city planner, and helped create policies that guided development of new cities. You can start out with an idea, but after a bit of studying, applying for jobs and so on, you can end up going in a totally different direction…
Young folks probably figure that being old will be different by the time they get to that stage, so why bother learning about what it’s like to be old now?
It was nice until you opened your yap and started yapping about those of us unfortunate enough to be tagged with the name ‘boomer’, who are NOT all identical twins. Maybe you’re a whining self-hater, but not all of us are…
The difference between liking something and being passionate about it is one of ‘degree’. We can like a lot of things, but if someone is passionate about something, they are consumed by it. It’s like the difference between a shallow pool and an ocean. Luann likes to write and teach, but I don’t know if she feels as if she wants to do either one of those things every day of her life…
People always think ’It’ll be different for me…’