Awareness of Time

2bit said:
Then honestly I can tell you that the rest of your life will be very, very difficult.

My advice would be to get over it very quickly.
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Haha I imagine you are absolutely right :D

It doesn't scare me in the sense that I'm sat here at night thinking 'oh god how much time do I have left', but it does in the sense that a lot of my school friends are now getting married and are having successful careers whilst I've sat for so long in student limbo that I feeling that my universe is but an isolated bubble! I still feel like I'm 16.

Don't worry, I'll live :p
 
Ah, time.

We all go around thinking wow, where did time go, oh, I'm so old at the age of 15, we look back on things we would have done better if only we knew.

Fact is none of it matters in the bigger scheme of things. I'd say there's a 99.99% chance you'd do everything the same again as you have done in the past because you are you, you'll always make those decisions until you've had a chance to learn from the bad ones (or not in some cases).

We'll all be dead one day, just remember that, the clock is ticking!


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At 42 I realize my list of dead friends is starting to get longer than my list of live ones.

But the only time I feel age and time pressing in on me is when I look at my daughter.

She just turned three and sometimes it hits me that it's very possible that I won't be around to see her finish school, get married or have kids of her own.
 
if someone had have told me how to grasp just how fast time goes once one leaves school, i'd have done a few things differently that's for sure!
 
Larkspeed said:
At 42 I realize my list of dead friends is starting to get longer than my list of live ones.

But the only time I feel age and time pressing in on me is when I look at my daughter.

She just turned three and sometimes it hits me that it's very possible that I won't be around to see her finish school, get married or have kids of her own.
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Whoah, I'm 42 in a few months time too and this is exactly how I feel. I look at my two kids (daughter 7 and son 4) and they make me realise life is finite. I remember holding my dads hand just over 10 years ago as he died and I think forward to being 'him' holding the hand of my children as I do the same.

Based on family history I've probably got around 20 to 30 years left.
 
lol you young ones need to put things into perspective,you would not believe how many people i had gone to school with are dead now its rather puts your life into place.i am 38 and dont really think about time anymore you just have to get on with it,my mrs is very poorly with a skull base tumor and has been for a couple of years now,so i just take each day as it comes,just be glad your healthy and vibrant and enjoy life.:)
 
Spook187 said:
lol you young ones need to put things into perspective,you would not believe how many people i had gone to school with are dead now its rather puts your life into place.i am 38 and dont really think about time anymore you just have to get on with it,my mrs is very poorly with a skull base tumor and has been for a couple of years now,so i just take each day as it comes,just be glad your healthy and vibrant and enjoy life.:)
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This is so true. Given a choice I would, of course, be younger again. But being slightly older gives quite a few benefits too. I'm far more confident in myself nowadays and a vast number of years gives me experience to deal with pretty much anything that gets thrown my way in life. I realise now that things that used to worry me when I was in my 20's really are no concern now because I know how to deal with them. And health is the most important thing.

As the saying goes... youth is wasted on the young.

(given a choice I'd still be 23 again though :))

Good luck Spook, it must be tough :(
 
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Hades said:
This is so true. Given a choice I would, of course, be younger again. But being slightly older gives quite a few benefits too. I'm far more confident in myself nowadays and a vast number of years gives me experience to deal with pretty much anything that gets thrown my way in life. I realise now that things that used to worry me when I was in my 20's really are no concern now because I know how to deal with them. And health is the most important thing.

As the saying goes... youth is wasted on the young.

(given a choice I'd still be 23 again though :))

Good luck Spook, it must be tough :(
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Cheers pal

Yes its tough,but we keep bashing on,even with setback after setback you can't give up:):),my best day as school was the day i left lol,i like being the age i am at,i really dont think about time passing me by,all i hear these days have you got your pension sorted and save more(with what:confused:)

All i can say lads is enjoy what you do,regardless of what it is,bungee jumping,pc,drugs,booze,women,cars.:):)
 
Spook187 said:
Cheers pal

Yes its tough,but we keep bashing on,even with setback after setback you can't give up:):),my best day as school was the day i left lol,i like being the age i am at,i really dont think about time passing me by,all i hear these days have you got your pension sorted and save more(with what:confused:)

All i can say lads is enjoy what you do,regardless of what it is,bungee jumping,pc,drugs,booze,women,cars.:):)
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Spook - what's your background if you don't mind me asking?
 
2bit said:
Spook - what's your background if you don't mind me asking?
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Never been asked that before lol:cool:

My childhood was terrible,my parents had very little money,would say a proper working class family,studied sound engineering and horticulture lol i know two completely different subjects but liked both:)various dosser jobs for about 10 years,got into the Rave scene in the late 80's early 90's picked up Djing and still DJ when i can,i work on the railways doing engineering works now for past 9 years and i kind of love it as thats all i know now.

Gave up my mortage 10 years ago(bad decision)Long story lol

Now just look after my mrs,work when there is work(subby) and produce music,and my pc and do a little bit of astronomy if i get a bit of time
 
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I wish i was 16 again! If i knew back then what i know now...

Time wasted on the wrong people, time wasted worrying about what other people think. Made the wrong choices after i left school, didnt try hard enough when in school. God I hope i dont let my kids (when i have them) make the same mistakes i did.

im 25 this year and ive got **** all (aside a nice ish car).

Sometimes i get very annoyed with myself because i SHOULD be in a much better position than i am. Such is life :/
 
I'm laughing at the people in their 20's thinking their lives are over ..... anyway, no matter how fast time flashes by , you can always guarantee that 8 hour shift will drag. Strange that.
 
I can speak with some authority as I'm the oldest person on here.
Now retired with an absorbing hobby, I have a good circle of friends and a great family. There is absolutely no routine in my life apart from some voluntary driving.
I certainly don't hanker after returning to my youth. I've had a full and on occasions a slightly too exciting life.
Time zooms past me and I hardly give oblivion a passing thought. I intend to be posting on here for many years to come.
Ah well, off to France for a few days. Tough isn't it?
 
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