Expectations about your life

[MountainBluebird]

Has your life turned out pretty much as you had planned it back when you were young, back when you were a teen or in your early twenties? Has it turned out better, worse or just different than you anticipated?

 

[QueSeraSera]

Some have turned out as I planned . Some have not . I can't say if its better or worse than I anticipated .

I don't think I anticipated in much detail this far out .

 

[Jimmy P]

I had a whole other vision of my life at this age when I was younger...and I have to say, my life now is WAAAAAAAAAAY more awesome than my vision...I am so thankful for the way my life is going

 

[GenetoJean]

I never had visions of my life in the future. I just existed day by day and still do.

 

[Jimmy P]

When I was younger, I would try to imagine how I would look, what my wife would look like, if I'd have a kid...

Well, I look cool, my wife is beautiful and a handsome son!

 

[talitha]

In many ways my life has disappointed me. I thought I'd be married before I was 33. I wouldn't have thought I'd be childless, never thought I would've struggled as much as I have in making money, and did not picture myself to be overweight. However, I would have been pleasantly surprised that I am a missionary, that I live in a city in the mountains of Honduras, that I have a husband who loves me, and that after everything I've gone through, I am not on medication! ha! All things work together.....

 

[MeloMom]

I think we have to count every blessing and realize life can't be totally planned...for me in some ways better and in some way worse! At the same time at this stage in life I finally understand more about who I am-and accepting it!!!

 

[puppy]

i was asked in my last year of secondary school what i wanted to do career wise and i had no real idea, i had several career paths through my late teens and early twenties before i found retail was my forte and ive stuck with that ever since, it has given me a huge amount of confidence and life experience and learning about other people and their way of life

things change from year to year and you cant totally plan whats going to happen, what makes you happy, all you can do is be true to yourself and save as much money as you can, stick to long term idea though, good luck

 

[Lotuspetal_uk]

When I was 15 I remember wanting to be a veterinary nurse and I had my work experience week working at a pet hospital. I took part in observing two operations, one of which saw an enormous Alsatian dog poop itself because it was going to have an injection.

Needless to say today I now teach High school aged children and have an aversion to animal waste.

 

[Cactus Jack]

It seems everytime I get ahead, something knocks me back. 4 TBIs to date-
Severe TBI in 1987;
Serious TBI in 2000;
Severe TBI in 2006;
Moderate TBI in 2013.
And then the PTSD. Oh boy.
All I wanted to do is earn a college degree.

 

[Timn420]

It has turned out totally different in a lot of ways.

In my late teens/early 20's I had aspirations of becoming a lawyer or successful business man. At least that's what my parents and everyone around me wanted me to do.

It took 15-20 years of soul searching to realize that this was a false path and I was just trying to be someone I'm not. At 37 I went back to get get a degree in art. Now at 42 I'm a full-time photographer.

I don't think I could have planned for this outcome, nor would I have wanted to.

 

[Odetta]

It is different that what I thought it would be in many ways. Especially career wise. But having a family was always on of my goals. I just thought my kids would be easier to deal with than they are, but I wouldn't trade them for anything.

 

[PassionateOne]

I think we have to count every blessing and realize life can't be totally planned...for me in some ways better and in some way worse! At the same time at this stage in life I finally understand more about who I am-and accepting it!!!

I just want to agree with this....when I was younger, I didn't think much about my future. I just enjoyed life & never really thought about my future.

However, 'life' happens and I never planned or wanted being kidnapped & raped, when I was 14....having a stroke and almost dying, when I was 28.....and having a second stroke, then having 12 hour brain surgery when I was 32 (that left me disabled). By, the grace of God, I survived everything and I am STILL here!!

There's not one day, I take for granted and I am thankful for each day I have to continue to give my loved ones (especially my daughter) love!!
Has my life turned out how I thought? No, but given everything I've been thru, it's turned out better.

 

[Resha Caner]

It is different that what I thought it would be in many ways. Especially career wise. But having a family was always on of my goals. I just thought my kids would be easier to deal with than they are, but I wouldn't trade them for anything.

Yeah, same here. My wife and I have some very difficult struggles with our children, and those struggles can make life very frustrating. It often seems one disappointment follows another. Yet the idea of giving up, or wishing I had never been given this responsibility ... I can't say that is what I want either.

I can somewhat "blame" all my family problems as the reason my career didn't go as I wanted. But that isn't really the truth. Much of it was that I needed to beat my head against the brick wall in order to learn that what I thought in my youth was a silly idealism. With that said, there is a sense of emptiness - a sense of, "OK, now what Lord?" I look forward to having that question answered.

 

[Malyndi]

It has turned out much better than I could have hoped for.

Compared to my 20's, I am in such a better place!

Matthew

 

[toLiJC]

Has your life turned out pretty much as you had planned it back when you were young, back when you were a teen or in your early twenties? Has it turned out better, worse or just different than you anticipated?

of course that there was full of complications in many cases till now, because of the activity of the system of (the) spiritual iniquity which is the very sin - what were we, but what happened to us then?!, however let us at least not make the same mistakes as before and be more careful not to make mistakes in future

Blessings

 

[Peripatetic]

It went along as expected up to a point, but starting around my late 30s, it all became more difficult, less certain, and infinitely more complicated. If anything, I expected life to be easier now. I've had to adjust to the fact that I can't see my life's clear trajectory anymore.

 

[miracle66]

Of course in my twenties I had different ideas of what my life would be like. Am I living that life now ? No , but I am happy and grateful that I am alive and in pretty good shape physically and emotionally at 47. And, frankly my aspirations for my life back then seem lame and selfish now... I am where I am supposed to be and I have God in my life again....