[some thoughts from the message last weekend]

I recently read a list written by a grade 8 student about the 30 things she hoped to do before age 30. With just over 3 months left before I turn 30 I was particularly intrigued to see what she hoped to accomplish. The list was as expansive and unpractical as you might imagine a 16 year olds lost might be. Hopefully by age 30 she will have accomplished more of her list than I have of my hypothetically 14 year old list.

Of course our plans at age 16 may not well reflect the future and all of these incredible and varied things that we wanted to do with our lives have probably (or will probably if you are not yet 30) passed away because slowly over time that list became filtered by what was feasible and practical.

You may have once wondered what you would do with your life and if you asked someone older and wiser for advice they almost, guaranteed, steered you towards the most reasonable options, more than that the most economically viable options.
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