What long term? Oh yeah, that long term.

I had a super-nice evening chatting with bluechromis last night. She got me thinking, for the first time in a surprisingly long time, about things I want (or just envision) out of life in the long term. The last few years have made it so easy to give up entirely on planning the long term... but the times when I'll be 35, 40, 60 are out there just waiting to turn into something. I suppose if I don't think about them at some point they'll turn into something random that I never explicitly wanted.

So, after I finally remembered to put my flowers in a vase, I lay awake last night flipping and flopping and trying to envision my midlife. It seems like most of my mental pictures involve more who I want to be than stuff I must necessarily have done. And yet there are some things I want to have done. Well, not this year... I still don't want any more life changes this year.

Blue, if I need a second cup of coffee today at work, it's so your fault. :)