2025 is a milestone for me. Hitting 60 years. I have spent time thinking of both the past and future. I think that is natural. Looking back at my life. I always think of a game – Snakes and Ladders. Climbing up and sliding down. Quite often, something will make you think of something in the past and wonder was it the right think to do, should you have done something different. But you have to remind yourself that you made the decision with the information you had at the time.
The future is very much in my mind. When I was 15 life felt slow. School never ending. But now you are shocked at how quickly one year has flown by. It is no surprise – probably due to the amount of information/advertising around me. Information about dementia, health and death. Then there are the adverts targetting senior people – using messages about ‘get things in order’, ‘cheaper, quieter funerals’, ‘get our insurance so you are not a burden to your family’, ‘technology aid to help your mobility’ etc etc.,
My husband and I are looking around the house and aiming to get things fixed, decorate rooms and save up for treats and adventures. ‘Seize the Day’ is at the back of my mind. We discovered South West America and we want to go back. My husband has had a hankering to see Svalbard. This desire has increased as I gave him a steam railway magazine at Christmas which had a story about a steam train in that very place. So we will be visiting at some point.
So relfect on the past but what’s done is done. Learn from it, make more informed choices and put effort into enjoying life. Create new memories.
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