The other day I came across a meme. One of those bold beach signs with even bolder advice:“Don’t even think about looking backwards. You’re not going that way.” Okay, motivational sign. I see you. I get it. Forward motion. Eyes on the prize. Focus, future, yadda yadda. But […]
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Ah, the perennial question: “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” As I ponder this query, my mind becomes a kaleidoscope of possibilities, each one more tantalizing than the last. In one scenario, I envision myself embarking on a […]
What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? As we stand at the crossroads of the future. Predicting the next six months feels like trying to catch a feather in a hurricane after the whirlwind that was the post-COVID era. Yet, here we […]
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? In the grand ballroom of existence, time swirls around us, a dance partner with two distinct moves—past and future. And to be honest with you, I don’t keep a meticulous record of my mental choreography. […]
I remember when we were asked during job interviews where you see yourself in five years. We were supposed to have some grand plan that was impressive. Watch an old Dick Clark’s bandstand where Madonna premiered, and she was asked about the future. Do you know what she […]
There was a time in which antique shopping provided a reprieve from the present and provided for a future adventure. While the shops pointed to the past, they were like comfort food for future stomachaches. Now she went in them and felt nothing other than the need to […]
I’ve been having extremely vivid dreams. Lucid dreams. Dreams from which I wake up shaken and a bit discombobulated. What did it mean? What am I trying to say to myself? Yes, these dreams mean something. Yet, I am lost as to what it means. But at least […]
The year of 2020 has, most certainly, worn itself thin. It’s been tiring, grating, and, depressing. So much so that you have therapists basically holding sessions from sun-up to midnight. At times there seems to be no reprieve whichever way you turn. I’m still trying to have my […]
Last year I came across the phrase of “be loyal to your future, not to your past”. I wrote it down in my little book of quotes. I write these down and then occasionally I seek to dig deeper into them. Other times I just forget them all […]
What’s on the horizon What is due to come? What bills are to be paid up? What can you pocket? What can you forsee? What is bound to blindside you? Who will report on the truths of the day?