“Where do you want to be in five years?”
It is a decent legitimate question, and a question that I ask myself from time to time, often replacing the number “five” with “three” or “ten”.
Suddenly, it dawns on me that, the question I should ask myself is,
“Where do I want to be in my life years?”
The question is not about three or five or ten years anymore. It is about the lifetime, the lifetime ahead that is left for me.
The direction for that answer becomes completely different.
It is not with whom I want to be right now. It is with whom I want to be for my life, the person who would add value and color to my life, which would become bigger, brighter and with more substance.
It is not with whom I can have fun right now, rather it is the person with whom I can have long term fun and adventure with.
It is not what I can do to make a living right now, but, the kind of work I can make good living and at the same time spend my life adding value to and feeling joy with myself and others.
It is not where I want to be for five years anymore, rather, it is a space and a community in which I can be the person I want to be, with that person I can be with, and that work I can do in the long run.
It is not the life I want to be in for now, but the lifestyle I can live with freely, joyfully, positively and with the least restraint and constraint I can have.
I appreciate your thoughts on this if any.
With gratitude,
Self Wonder
Self Wonder 