Fellow Dreamers.
Folks, can you believe that tonight marks the end of November? The end. Done. November 2009, good-bye. December 2009 is rolling into town at midnight tonight… DECEMBERRR!!! Which means January 2010 is coming. February will be bringing the Winter Olympics to Vancouver… which just blows my mind. When our city won the 2010 Olympic bid in 2003, I was a month shy of thirteen years old. Everybody was all excited about these amazing world events coming to Canada, coming to Vancouver. You know where my head was? It was up in the clouds:
“In Feburary 2010, I’ll be… 19 and a half. 19 and a HALF! Wow. I’ll be graduated high school. I’ll be in University… or art school. Studying business or graphic design. Writing short stories and novels on the side. Probably have a very good-looking, hot boyfriend. I’ll definitely still be living at home. I wonder if my hair will still be dyed dark red… I wonder if I will have gained a whole bunch of weight by then, or lost even more?”
Scary: the thoughts of a 13-year old girl. I’m not in University. I went for 3 months. I studied Business. I still LOVE graphic design and me oh my, I could watch somebody design for hours. I don’t claim to be any good at it but i’d love to learn. I still like to write. But I choose to do it on my blog rather than in a story. No hot boyfriend (I must have thought that when girls turned eighteen there were ten wonderful men around to choose from immediately?) — I am still living at home. My hair is pretty much twice as long and blonde. Not red. I chose to not stress about weight but to enjoy good food and to run often.
Isn’t it silly the thoughts we think sometimes? We’re just so silly. Hold the phone, I’m just so silly. I’ll let you admit your silliness on your own, I won’t force it upon you. I think the same thoughts about another six years from now. Twenty-five! That’s a nice even age. What will I be doing? Where will I be traveling? Who will I be with? Will I still live at home? (Haha! Sorry, Mom, I don’t think so.) Fellow dreamers, tell me: do you ever stop and think these thoughts? I can’t be the only one.
I dream and feel all moody and wonderful when it rains. It’s been raining a lot lately. A lot equals about twenty-five out of the thirty days in November. Hence this post. To wrap it up, here are some photos from a torrential down pour we witnessed in Hawaii a few weeks ago. Loved every minute of it. :)
well…in 44 years I have a-l-w-a-y-s thought those thoughts like that and it shows no sign of stopping really….and for dreamers I think there is always a never ending flood of ideas and never enough years to get around to them all. I’ll go with the rain feeling too – but I also dream and get all moody when I am flying/traveling solo. :)
I love this! I think it’s always wonderful to dream, but a lot of times the reality is so much better, no?
I feel that way often. I’m currently 16 and I’m always wondering where life is going to take me. I’m hoping that in 6 years I’ll be living on my own, photographing weddings and hopefully working on getting published. We will see!
Yes, I ask myself these questions too. Constantly. Sometimes on a daily basis. It keeps me setting my goals, where I want to go in the future and what to achieve. I think it is an important thing to do. Keep dreaming. x
Too funny – I did the same thing when Salt Lake won the bid and then hosted in 2002. (Way back when I lived in Utah, crazy.) And to measure life from where I was then to 2002 and then to now? Crazy. Never in a million years would I thought I would marry my first kiss, move to frigid Minneapolis and be pursuing my dreams of photography. God is SO GOOD because His plan has been far more crazygoodcool than mine was back in 1996 (or even 2002).
I’m going to be 25 in 18 days… ack! I have been blogging online for 9 years, and sometimes I go back and read older entries and almost laugh at how melodramatic I was. I never would have guessed I’d be where I am now, but that’s what’s so amazing about God’s plans compared to the ones we come up with ourselves :)
I wonder where I’ll be at when I’m 30! I’d like to be married by then…. and be a Youth Pastor somewhere. That’s all I got!
I was 19 when it was announced Van was going to get the Olympics. I was working at the bar at the time and thought in 6 years I’d be living my dream as a makeup artist in Europe or something. Maybe be engaged to my BF.
Here I am 6 years, later, married (NOT to the old BF) and just had my 2nd child…life is sure different but I wouldn’t change it for anything!
OMG! I didn’t know you’re only 18! I wish I had been half as talented and put together as you are when I was only 18. You’ve got a tremendous future ahead of you. I have admired your work for some time know and find your art to be a breath of fresh air. Keep up the great work!!! :o)
@Dana – I’m 19… and a half. ;) But thank you so much for your sweet words. I’m lovin’ hearing where you all thought you’d be and where you are now. So cool.
Great thoughts Jamie…
Never stop dreaming, never stop being silly…always keep that…just the other week my wife and I built a fort in our living room…why…cause…it was fun! One of our dreams come true…to find a spouse who’s just as dorky as us…
Almost 26 and still in the same boat…it’s cool to see where God leads and what direction we move!
I’m 25 and when I read that.. 6 years till your 25! I thought has it really been 6 years since I was 19? JEEZ!! I keep a list of goals for 1, 5 and 10 years down the road, I’ve completed most for the 5 year list in the last year but some have changed completely and that’s OK.
I wish I wrote posts like this on my blog so I could look back and see how much I’ve accomplished.
I think about these things all the time! Funny, but a lot of my thoughts when I was thirteen were similar to the same topics as yours. I still wonder where I’m going to be in five years. Hopefully, my photography business will be flourishing by then and I’ll have traveled to several places outside the U.S.
I wish rainy days in Philly were that beautiful!
Um yeah, that’s me. I never pictured this life when I thought of being 25. It’s really not as old as it seemed back then! I still have many dreams for the future, but I am so blessed to be where I am. God’s goodness is beyond my comprehension!
Gorgeous photos! I love how you captured the feeling, mood and essence of Hawaii. I haven`t been there for a long time, but it makes me want to go back (even in the rain) and inspires me to bring out my camera the next time it rains!
In 6 years, I will be 28. I will almost be THIRTY in 6 years?! Holy moley. But I agree, it seems like just yesterday that Vancouver won the bid. Can’t believe all them athletes will be rollin’ into town in a couple months. You’ve come so far, and it is totally inspiring!
Oh Jamie…I love your optimism! And how, with posts like this, you can make me feel so old ;)
I’ll be 28(!) in February! If you think 25 feels old, wait ’til that 3-0 starts looming and you’re all FOR REAL HOW DID THAT JUST HAPPEN?!
haha…will be thinking of you when I watch those opening ceremonies up in your neck of the woods :)
I do this aaaaallll the time….thinking about what has been, what will be……and ESPECIALLY on rainy days! It actually rained in San Diego all day on Saturday and I had so many things going through my mind! Thought of you and how you might be running in the rain if you were here! :)
Thank you for taking that photo of the fire hydrant. I thought I was the ONLY one that ever took photos of hydrants. I am kind of obsessed with them. Dream on girl!!! Much love from Chicago. Rock on!
I like the rain but not when we have shoots scheduled:) and I might not be happy if I was in Hawaii in the rain…nice shots!
in 6 years? hmmmmm…..husband will be approaching 50 (crike!), will God give us children by then? who on earth knows!?!? I certainly optimisically look to the future, but have just stopped guessing where it will take me …. I can’t resist a good surprise. :)
I love this post. Such a great reminder to enjoy who we are and where we’re at – RIGHT NOW! :D
I would love to just immerse myself in learning your talent, or attempting to learn. How is it – that I could stand beside you and attempt the same photo yet mine would be flat with no emotion… you have amazing talent, one I’d love to grow in myself!{img}511_26{/img}
{img}511_19{/img} LOVE this one. I would hang it on my wall.