August 8, 2022
Do you think the child you were would be impressed by the person you’ve become?
It’s been a long time since I was a kid. (Long enough ago that it was impolite to use the word ‘kid’ to describe a young human. Kids were baby goats.) In the last few weeks, I’ve moved onto a new stage in my life—I’ve retired from my day job. Still, I remember many things about how I felt as a child, and I am confident that I would be impressed by how I turned out.
I remember an instance—I think I was 8 at the time—that I tried to figure out how old I would be in the year 2000. I was in the kitchen, probably helping with the dishes after supper, when the idea struck me. Little me couldn’t figure out the math, but I knew I would be old. I might even be dead. And here I am, in 2022, like the Energizer bunny, still going.
Young me would also be impressed that I’ve published 10 books (so far), especially my mysteries. I’d already discovered my love of reading, but writing a book hadn’t entered my mind. My plan to read every book in the school library before I graduated didn’t work out, but I’m good with adding a few stories for someone else to read in another library somewhere.
What else? That me would have been impressed that I ended up working in the tech field, something that was only science fiction back then, although I don’t remember reading science fiction. Biographies and mysteries were more my thing.
The one thing that would have impressed little me the most? The number of people I’ve met and become friends with through writing. I was an introvert—still am—and making friends was tough. It still is, but writing has helped me break through the self-created boundaries. Now I have friends all around the world. Freaks me out.
So, yes. The child I was would be impressed with the person I’ve become. I wonder how the other authors feel? You can find out by following the links below.
Until next time, please stay safe.
August 8, 2022
Do you think the child you were would be impressed by the person you’ve become?
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At this late stage in my life, I’m doing something I never thought I would. I’m writing about things that have never happened, for an audience that I’ve never met. Young me would be perplexed. Isn’t it wonderful?
Or maybe your young me is having the time of his life finally being able to tell the stories he dreamt of!
That’s a very good point. Perhaps it’s a better way of looking at it.
LOL, when I was 10 years old I drew all kinds of pictures about what my life would be like in 2000, the year I turned 35. I’m still irked about not having my fantastic unbreakable glass mushroom-shaped house with the elevator leading up the stem into the cap, or my hover car, or my handy stun laser gun in case I got mugged in one of the overcrowded high-tech cities while conducting Very Important and Highly Scientific Business.
Your dream house sounds great!
Glad your “kid” would be impressed with you.
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