Well
this fall I approach the 31 yr mark.
The past 30 years have been a learning experience. I think from about 17 to 25 you really
start to shine and I would say have some of your most fun. I have learned that as a child there
are sleep over’s and pool parties.
Riding bikes with your fiends and starting to bond with kids you will be
friends with for life. As you enter
your final year of High School you really start to make your final mark as a
young adult. College gives you
time to live off your parents but you have to be more responsible and getting
ready for life. Your final year of
high school allows you to work a little and get some cash but really just go to
class and hang out with your fiends.
By your last year of HS you will probably have your heart broken maybe
once or twice, but don’t worry it will heal. You will probably have nickname and a few great started
stories to get you in college and have people laugh over. Having a car you will have the freedom
to travel and start going to parties and just doing what ever it is you want to
do.
I
learned and found that when you enter college you really start to find your
core friends and work, and just be in this little bubble of being taken care of
by family, but also getting ready to leave the nest. I never lived on campus so I don’t know the feeling of that
but I loved just being able to travel to all different colleges and see my
friends. Have a blast of a night
and then go home in the morning to my clean room and home. Worked out
great! College is probably one of
the best years of your life, it gives us that freedom to go out and have fun
meet people, it allows us to make a little extra money but really just enjoy
our youth. I threw a few good
parties in my day and I’m really glad I went and experienced college. To be honest I’m not sure what the
whole college thing is for. There
are some degrees that you really have to go for like being a doctor or lawyer
but honestly…. I think college is just for kids to burn some fuel, learn about
them selves and gain some responsibility. After all when you get out the company trains you
anyway!!!
After
you leave college you will never get those years back and time doesn’t stop for
anybody! After college I settled
down and got married about a year later.
I had a baby not to much longer and now here I am. I’m 30 divorced with a little one. Starting over and if you think it’s
easy, its not! If I was older then
I would just be able to find someone and love them. No kids to think about or anything. If I was younger I could take my time
to just do what ever but being 30 if I want more kids I have to make moves. I have to meet someone, get to know
them, date, get engaged again (buy another ring) and then get married, and then
have kids… All in all this can
take years and by the time I look I’m pushing 40. So I’m to old to just say I’ve got time, I’m to young to
count out kids… I look back and
can’t believe how old I am. If I
went to a college party (not sure why) I would be called the old guy and told
to beat it. I have been working
since I was 15 and lost a lot of time because of it. My first year out of college was a great year to finish
visiting friends at school, making better money and just winding down my
college years.
As
we grow older the responsibility grows and the late nights fade. I find my self laughing with my friends
at 10:00pm approaches and we have to call it a night. Before I would be showing after work to go out at 10:00pm. I find making my daughter nap so
I can get one in! I find my self
doing more dinners with friends and small bonfires after.
I
would say becoming a father was a moment I will never forget. The time you look down at your little
special child. So when I think
about it I don’t have a best time just different ones. I would say I had a great life and
great different parts of them.
I
still have a lot of living to do and if you asked someone older I’m sure they
will have many times in their lives they would have to think about… But growing up I had such a great
childhood and then growing up I was very fortunate to have great family and
friends. When I look back at the few
years of my divorce I try not to think about the hard times but what is
ahead. You can’t go back but only
forward.
I
could post on but I want you to think about some of the best years of your
life. Think about growing up and
your friends and family, your child hood and funny stories that make you
laugh. Think about some trouble
you did as a teen or adventures you had, lost loves, children and even
grandchildren.
If
I could close with this, life has its ups and down’s but think about the good and
keep moving on. I know sometimes
the bad feels hard to forget but think about all the love in your life and
surround your self with pictures of loved ones and memories. Remember just because the past of
good times is over doesn’t mean you can’t have a future of good ones to look
forward to…
Keep family and friends close, the good memories and times will follow...
Always remember
You are never alone…
Love,
Christopher
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