For me, the above isn't the true question. For me the better question is...how and how soon. It occurred to me as I was dancing around my apartment (like a bonafide maniac) to Shakira's ridicoulously infectious, "La Tortura", that I am 20 and haven't accomplished shit-excuse my french.
Not diddly squat.
Now, I know many people would consider 20 a bit young and just on the cusp of life. I...DO...NOT. Plenty of 20-year old music moguls, international fashion models, and CEO's of companies can be find all over the world. Apparently, 20 is the new 30...at least in my world. Yes, I know I am impatient and I shouldn't judge myself by anyone else's success...but how can I not?
Everyone does, conciously or unconciously. Take a moment and think about it. We look at Oprah and Donald Trump, or Lebron James and we think..."I'd like to be like that girl/guy. I'd like to accomplish as much as he/she has accomplished. Or at the very least we say to ourselves, "Whoo...I'd like to be as rich as that mutha******".
Here is a PARTIAL list of things, I'd like to accomplish before I die:
- Learn to Salsa/Ballroom Dance
- Go Skydiving
- Learn to cook rice(I'm really bad at it)
- Publish at least two books
- Be featured in 3 major motion pictures
- Obtain one degree from an accredited institution of higher learning
- Have a piece of clothing named after me(preferrably a nice stilletto).
- Write one children's book
- Learn to professionally drive a race car
- Become skilled martial artist
- Open a "half-way house" for recovering alcoholics
- Have my own website
- Be CEO of a non-profit(maybe) organization
- Do volunteer work in two 3rd world countries.
- Travel to Japan, Italy, Ireland, and Dubai
- Research my geneology and visit the country of my ethnic origin
So yea, considering the fact that no one knows when their expiration date will be. I think I need to get started. I've got some diverse and compicated tasks ahead of me. And 20 years old is as good a time to start as any, wouldn't you agree?
.bmp)
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