To-Do List

Eeeergh. This is horrible. You dig around in old papers wondering what on earth you kept them for, and then lo! and behold! you encounter a list. And what a list it is. It is a list of all the things you wanted to do when you were 15 years old, had just turned 15, and were wondering what you should do before Father Time got his filthy hooks into you – i.e. by the time you became old at 30.

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1. Become a teacher: will need a major discipline (Lit? Chem?) and work on core skills (computer assembly, programming and protocols; psychology and communication) - forget the other subjects unless Mrs T complains again - can I do Law first, or must I have teaching subject to do education?

2. Life skills: learn to cook, at least good if not tasty; learn to repair clothes; keep on with the carpentry and woodwork - is it worthwhile learning to renovate a house, or just a garden enough (note: cultivate brother) - and how to survive in foreign cities without being foreigner?

3. Get some money: don't count on family fortune (not so big anyway), estimate seed size; if teacher, how survive - unique means premium - what about UN job, and what power can you have without money?

4. Self-fulfilment: get some proper writing done, publish SF/fantasy bits - maybe poetry - learn some Greek, Latin and Hebrew for bible study - also see (1) above - figure out gifts and how to deal with bad parts (arrogant idiot, angry and stubborn ass).

5. Get married: target for 10 years' time; start database, decide what parameters - need objective monitoring else things go wrong - start a new list?

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Well, we were all younger once. I am, once again, humbled by what I wrote and what I actually achieved. As God wills, so does He dispose. And all we can do is wonder at the things we are allowed to do.