Are you still on the right road?

27th May 2008 • Related • Filed Under

I am sure most of us, when we were at school had big plans and ideas what we would like to achieve and do in life. I am sure that most people reached or are on the right track of the goals they set for themselves. Some can look back and pat themselves on the back with a well done. I was the same, but during the years my route changed. I must be the only adult in the world with the attention span of a five year old. I have done most what I aimed to do, the rest I put on hold. During the travels of life I came across a few things that did have a huge influence on me and made me do big changes. I am not a university educated person, neither do or ever had I owned a house or a car or have vaults full of money. All these items were on my list of to-do items when I were at school. After my two years serving “king and country”, I had a change from university to  Technikon. (Think they are extinct institutions now.)

Early in my life I started to have very little desire to collect material things. Why do I need a house if I am not going to live in it? A car if I have no need for it? The biggest contributor to this attitude must have been the fact that for the last 15 years I have moving around more times than a nomad with his camels in the desert. It just become easier to pack up and move on. I know that it is easier if you do not have children as the responsibility is only towards oneself. I have to admit that I became a bit content with life and its offerings. No ambition? I do not know. Never thought about it. I wonder if things would have been different if I was married and had children? One can never say.

Now I reached a “cul de sac”. End of the road. This is one of the main reasons I decided to take an interest and hobby and learn more about it. Never now where web design will lead. I do not even know how much work opportunities there are in this field. So now I will restart a complete new journey, new road with new things. Does this decision make me less successful because I never really completed the first one?

How many complete their journeys they set out for themselves? How many is still on the right road? How many got side tracked due to incidents in their life’s or just because they are like me, attention span of a five year old.

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  1. Comment by Netjane on 27 May 2008:

    Ek weet nie of ek regtig vir myself ‘n pad beplan het nie… Miskien is ek nog te jonk om te besef ek is op die pad, of besig om van die pad af te gaan… Either way, ek hou van my roete.

  2. Comment by Wipneus on 27 May 2008:

    Ek is min of meer op die right track…maar soms verander ek ook van plan en swaai die stuurwiel weer in ‘n ander rigting. Ek verander gedurig my reis soos dit my pas. Dis immers my stuurwiel.

    Nuwe paaie is altyd lekker Rustig. En nee dit maak jou glad nie minder suksesvol nie, dit maak jou juis suksesvol omdat jy nog kans sien om nuwe paaie te ontdek… en nie net op een vervelige pad te bly aankarring nie. Mens wil nie elke oggend opstaan en maar weer dieselfde ding doen, omdat jy moet en maar berus daarmee dat dit nou maar jou lewe is soos jy dit jare terug beplan het nie. Mens soek bietjie opwinding.

    Soos die jare aanstap verander mens se planne en rigtings, soms noodgedwonge ander kere omdat jy lus is vir verandering of vervelig is met jou huidige planne of beplande reise ens

    Geniet jou nuwe nuwe reis…. mens lewe net een keer….

  3. Comment by demoerin on 28 May 2008:

    Niks fout daarmee om links of regs by dei 4-rigting te draai nie. Life is untimately a journey. Die belangrikste dink ek egter gaan wees om as jy tergkyk, jy jouself ‘n pat op die rug sal gee vir wat jy al gedoen het. Procrastinate behoort nie in enige woordeskat te wees nie, en dit gebeur gewoonlik as jy jouself wys maak dat jy jou lewensdoel bereik het! Daar behoort altyd nog iets te wees, en daarna weer nog iets.

  4. Comment by Pikkelik se Blik on 28 May 2008:

    My track lyk soos Spagetti-junction. Altyd oppad na ‘n nuwe bestemming. Ek moet sê vandag my kinders gebore is, is dit asof ek in ‘mute’ ingegaan het. So vir die volgende 18 of wat jaar sal ek maar bly waar ek is, doen wat ek doen en wees wat ek is….

  5. Comment by boerinballingskap on 28 May 2008:

    Ek stap my eie pad, al is hy so f*kken krom!

  6. Comment by Rustig on 28 May 2008:

    Die krom paaie is gewoontlik die interessantste van almal. Dit mag dalk lyk asof soms van koers af is.

  7. Comment by Emil on 28 May 2008:

    Ek is sover pad af nie eens ‘n kompas of GPS gaan my terugkry nie.

  8. Comment by Rustig on 28 May 2008:

    Emil: Ek is soos jy. Die ergste is dat ek op die oomblik ook so verlore is dat ek nie eers iemand sien om vir aanwysings te vra nie.

  9. Comment by Wipneus on 28 May 2008:

    Ons sal ‘n insameling fonds moet stig om vir julle manne GPS’e te koop :lol:

  10. Comment by Rustig on 28 May 2008:

    Ek sal eers moet leer om met die ding te werk. Ek raak weg net deur op een plek te sit.

  11. Comment by Emil on 28 May 2008:

    :lol: wipneus - nee jong ek dink jy kan die geld beter spandeer!!

  12. Comment by Wipneus on 28 May 2008:

    :lol: dit wil gedoen word, maar dis altyd lekker om weg te raak in jou eie droom wêreld. ;)

  13. Comment by Wipneus on 28 May 2008:

    Prof Jung jy het huiswerk daar by my ;)

  14. Comment by Rustig on 28 May 2008:

    Wipneus: Prof Jung het weer so geblog vanaand dat ek skoon dronk word nog voor ek ‘n glas rooiwyn kon drink. Ver bo my 3 breinselle op pensioen.

  15. Comment by Wipneus on 28 May 2008:

    Ag wag dat ek net eers gou my HAT gaan haal voor ek daar by die Prof in-klok. ;)

  16. Comment by Rustig on 28 May 2008:

    My HAT is nog in Hollands geskryf. Van geen hulp. :lol: Prof gaan vir ons dagvaar vir naamskending.

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