Who needs cheap Chinese shit sold at an amusement park? Take a hike in the wilderness and bring a naturalist book and figure out leaves, flowers, and geologic formations in your own! Don’t wait to be entertained, discover the world yourself!!
It took me too long to figure that out for myself.
Now that our kids are out of the house and my wife has taken on added responsibilities at work I've started solo backpacking through different countries in Europe.
I'd have had a much different life if I'd started doing that forty years ago instead of waiting until I retired.
I think at our stage in life, we realize the time we wasted pursuing career and family was fulfilling, but we are remis for what that time could have been... Not that it is wrong to want to pursue either career or family - it’s just that as our time on earth becomes relevant, and we look back at what we thought was important, and see that the time ahead of us is limited, well … it all starts to shrink… and the relevance of what we thought we wanted to be vs what we could have benefitted from the start makes us question our choices.
But make no mistake, we are where we are because of our choices. So we HAVE to accept them. And gain comfort in the journey.
However, I do envy those “hippies” who do understand that and just take themselves and their families along for the ride. As long as that journey is faith based.
Who needs cheap Chinese shit sold at an amusement park? Take a hike in the wilderness and bring a naturalist book and figure out leaves, flowers, and geologic formations in your own! Don’t wait to be entertained, discover the world yourself!!
It took me too long to figure that out for myself.
Now that our kids are out of the house and my wife has taken on added responsibilities at work I've started solo backpacking through different countries in Europe.
I'd have had a much different life if I'd started doing that forty years ago instead of waiting until I retired.
I think at our stage in life, we realize the time we wasted pursuing career and family was fulfilling, but we are remis for what that time could have been... Not that it is wrong to want to pursue either career or family - it’s just that as our time on earth becomes relevant, and we look back at what we thought was important, and see that the time ahead of us is limited, well … it all starts to shrink… and the relevance of what we thought we wanted to be vs what we could have benefitted from the start makes us question our choices.
But make no mistake, we are where we are because of our choices. So we HAVE to accept them. And gain comfort in the journey.
However, I do envy those “hippies” who do understand that and just take themselves and their families along for the ride. As long as that journey is faith based.
you don't need it, but the kids like roller coasters. I am getting too old for them. :)