10 Questions to Ponder

1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
     I think I would be older, if I didn't know my real age. While I don't claim to be wise about many things, I also sometimes feel more mature for my age than is expected.

2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
     Failing. I'll never stop trying, but failing is harder for me because then I might regret it. It's pretty rare that I regret not trying something, because I usually have a good reason for not doing it in the first place (like doing something better!)

3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
     People get into ruts. They continue to do the same behaviors they have learned until something comes along to shock their system into change. Of course, there are also the things - like flossing and filing taxes - that we just have to do.

4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
     That's a part of being human. I want to learn how to fly plane, build an engine for a car, cook like a chef, travel to every continent, learn to snowboard, and any number of things. Some of them will happen, some of them won't.

5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
     World hunger. Honestly. I think it is the most useless cruelty inflicted on the impoverished. There are countries with enough food but political disputes don't allow the resources to make it to those who need them the most. There are countries, the US included, that have more than enough food to go around, but still have starving citizens. Pointless.

6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?
     Helping hungry people, or abused women and children. Paying my blessings forward. And sharing my story with anyone I can help, too.

7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
     One of the most frustrating parts of my day is working at jobs that feel less than my potential, and going to classes where I am the only one participating. Right now, with a few exceptions - writing this blog for example - I feel like I am settling for what I am doing.

8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
     I would stop doing the things I do that just don't contribute to my, or another's life. I would travel at every opportunity. I wouldn't say no to extraordinary opportunities or unlikely friendships. I would be living in the present that is currently flying by, and stop wasting time.

9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
     I feel like I have been in more control of my life since I turned 18, but there are also people in my life that have had, or currently have, a hand in my every decision. I'm independent with a sounding board that changes my mind sometimes.

10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
     More concerned with doing the right things. I don't have a trajectory for my life, not in the long term. And sometimes, that brings me down - thinking about the right and wrong turns I've taken to get where I am. And figuring out WHAT the right things are to get wherever I'm going. In "doing things right" I almost always take the unconventional way. Rules are meant to be shaped. Boundaries are meant to be tested. And the road less taken usually has better wildflowers.

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