I awake this morning to news that not one, but two, of the pop-culture icons of my youth had died: Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. I never idolized them, exactly. But they were ubiquitous figures in the pop-cultural landscape of the late 70's and early 80's, those so-called "formative years."
Is this what it's like, growing old? Outliving the immortals…
Almost everyone likes to imagine the different possibilites that the future might hold. "If I decide on X, then in one year, I might be doing Y. If I start X now, in one year, I will have achieved Y." Too often, we limit ourselves to our current path, and miss the many turnings that are all around us. This list is in the spirit of capturing those turnings. I tried to make a list of 5 things that I could visualize doing or having achieved exactly one year from today. I tried not to spend a lot of time thinking about it — just used what pops into my head. The point is to ignore "chance of success" and just imagine it happening.
One year from today I might be:
1. Living in Lisbon, working on my "book" (not sure which book that is, but you get the idea).
2. Back in Korea, teaching
3. Looking forward to returning to graduate school
4. Teaching English in Mongolia, after completing a short certification program
5. Working in database design and administration again, maybe in Minneapolis or LA
