Make the next two years decisive

Not a bad first ten days, things are rolling along nicely, another exam down, some work on both the album and the book, a bit of creativity, and a short refreshing break with friends. Plus I made a big decision about the way my life is heading, and that framework is in the background spurring me on to success. I can do this.

I should have plenty of time to work on things over the next ten days, and yet more things could change and become clearer.

I know it’s a bit artificial/contrived/cliché to have a countdown to one’s 30th Birthday, and it’s not really that I care about the number so much as that I just feel like once I hit my thirties I will have to get a bit responsible as far as career choices and getting myself a permanent place to live go. (I will probably get there and find it doesn’t matter at all, but hey – if in the meantime it spurs me to action then that’s what counts!)

I think so far I’ve been pretty good at taking opportunities when they’ve arisen and making the most of them – I’ve gotten to do some pretty awesome things thanks to that – but I would say the last time I actually created the opportunity I wanted was getting into the uni I wanted and that was ten years ago now – everything since has been about making the best choices from what was possible. I’ve fallen on my feet and life is certainly good enough, but in some ways I feel I’m not completely living the life I see for myself, and now is the time to see if the not-currently-possible can be made possible. It’s about striving to correct the areas where I let myself down and sell myself short, and living a life of purpose, not just satisfaction.

I know a 2-year goal won’t exactly hold my attention but I hope just the scale of it will make me feel how much can be achieved in that time.