Hollywood’s New Golden Age
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Whenever I think about growing old I also think about the statement "living while you're young". That statement is a little weird to me. There are people in society who lead unsatisfying lives when they're young so that they can have what they want now when they're older. Then there are those who are against the sentiment and choose to do everything while they're young, waiting to figure out the rest later. There's a balance to strike there and I'm looking for it. I don't want to restrict myself now while I'm full of energy and hope and potential, but I also don't want to blow my paycheque on some novelty toy, or even on trips around the world and possibly cripple myself for the future. I don't want to get into a crazy skydiving accident and permanently damage my body.
Anyways, that was a really very interesting article. I learned a lot.
I believe you're making a "I hope" statement and treating it like a fact. You're 23, you're still young - life happens. Spouse, kids, mortgages, sickness, injury, tragedy, joy, all that stuff happens and it changes you and how you look at the world and what you value. By all means love what you're doing, but don't expect you won't change. The joy is you don't need to prepare for it - it'll happen whether you're observing it or not.
This is just a small example to demonstrate that the things you value now will change. You can't predict how or what will change, but they will :)
I mean, I moved countries (permanently) at age 35. (I'm 40 now). I've learned a language (not fluent yet, but still). I've had times where I've simply not had the time and/or the inclination to do much with my main hobby (art), and over the years it has changed vastly. Other things have came and went, no matter how much I enjoyed them at the time. I didn't guess this stuff would happen to me at your age, though. Life happens. There is no point in trying to speculate on these things, especially if they risk keeping you in a set mindset without evaluation over the years.
Okay.
> I definitely don't ever see myself "retiring"-- and I mean that: I will never not be interested in what I'm interested in now.
Okay.
We were all 23 once too. We all took philosophy or literature class and thought we figured it out too. Just a word of advice, people change, life change, society changes and even you change. Ah to be young again...
I "get" it. There's so much more left for me to experience. But you and I both stand from our positions and project these positions onto the future, inaccurately.
You can't say shit until you're dead, but there's no point in stifling your predictions until then ('cause you'll be dead).
The difference being that the one further ahead can look back at what happened to them and understand the shifts. You're only trying to project forward. This is one of those "speaking from experience" deals.