Life is too Short and Time Goes too Fast || A Life Full of Dreams

in #hive-1688692 years ago

When I was in highschool, I was a teenager who wanted to have money and a house, and that's it. I did not have any plans and dreams. I knew there wouldn't be any job which I would like enough to make the next 40 of working exceptionally enjoyable. I did not have the knowledge of all the possibilities in this amazing life, all of the dreams and plans I had back in those days were quite pathetic.

FB_IMG_1652657916101.jpg
Here I was 18 years old, and in my first week of an 1,5 year trip through Asia, which changed my life and future

However, lots of things have changed and my mind is completely filled up with dreams, opportunities and gratitude. There are plenty of goals I would love to achieve some day. There is only one problem and that is the fact that the time is running away fast, and my list of things to do before settling down is only increasing. I have many dreams and I am afraid that the time is too short to make all dreams come true. I wish I could slow down the time and create space to make my dreams come through in time!

I see my perfect future in Ghana, when I am 30 years old and ready to settle and maybe even have a family of my own. My boyfriend and I are planning to buy a property in Ghana (or Jamaica but Jamaica might be too expensive). We would like to buy a few acres/one hectare of land at the beach or near the beach to make a small eco farm/food forest and guesthouse for tourists. Since my boyfriend is a chef, he would like to open a very small beach restaurant with Asian, Jamaican and African food, all made with fruits and vegetables from our own garden. It doesn't have to make us a lot of money, It should just give us enough to live and we would have time left to spend with each other, and maybe with our children by then. However, I do not feel like I will be ready to settle when I'm 30 years old. I would only have 6 years to study, work and grow up, before having a house, responsibility and children. But if I wait too long, I might never have the possibility to have children. That clock is also kinda ticking if you get what I mean. Damn, time is running! And I have so many things to do before I am ready!

IMG_20211126_160219-01.jpeg
That's my chef and the man who shares my dreams

FB_IMG_1652658129783.jpg
Some day, I wanna have a simple guest house and little restaurant at the beach, for travellers and backpackers, for surfers and who ever might feel attracted to our place

Before I am ready to settle, I will go to New Zealand next September, since I finally got a visa a few weeks ago! I applied far before Corona and it was really hard to get, made a mistake at my Medical check and said I had Tuberculosis, and when I finally got it corona came and it expired. But the plan is to buy a campervan in New Zealand and travel, which is supposed to be one last trip before I really start my studies. I wanna climb mountains, see the glowworm caves(look it up, it is awesome), spend nights around campfires under the stars and meet people while doing trashy farm jobs like picking fruits, and maybe make some trips to neighboring countries like Fiji.

FB_IMG_1652657992058.jpg
Just me, wondering how I am going to life my life to the fullest, in such a short life span

I must be back in the Netherlands in September 2023, to finally start studying, which I have already been postponing for too many years. The subject I picked is Plant Science and if everything goes according to plan, I will graduate in 2026, or finish in 2028 if I decide the time is still there for my master. I would really like to do a master's and learn more to make myself more valuable in a company which works on a future with more food security, but I am afraid the time is not there anymore. In 2028, I will be already 30 years old, quite old to start my first ''after study'' job. Especially since I see working as a plant scientist as a stage of life. And 30 was supposed to be the age to settle…
After graduating, I would like to go first to Australia for a couple of years to work and live in a beautiful new country, while saving up for our property in Ghana, to be able to settle and build something for our own.

IMG_20211130_101256.jpg
Will time allow us to travel some day to Africa with this campervan?

One thing I really want to put somewhere in between one of these years, is to drive with my self converted campervan from The Netherlands to Africa. It is possible to cross from Spain to Morocco by ferry with the camper, and drive all the way to either Tanzania or South Africa, passing through deserts, jungles, mountains and beautiful sceneries. This is currently my biggest travel dream but I am wondering when the time is there... Maybe another sabbatical year between my studies? That would be the 8 gap year which was never supposed to be more than one. But one year is finished before I can blink my eyes. If I could have made the time slow down, I could have been ready to settle before my 30ties, while achieving all my deepest desires.

How beautiful would a lifetime be if we did not have to worry about time? If we could just pretend like we wouldn't feel the pressure of achieving goals and dreams before a certain age or time? A lifetime in which we can just go with the flow? Share your thoughts in the Weekend-engagement concept hosted by @galenkp



Meet Sascha, a 23-year-old Dutch girl, who loves traveling, photography and adventure. Right now, she is building her own tiny home on wheels. Which she might use as her home while studying next year, But first, she might go to New Zealand for a working holiday year! Does that sound exciting? Don't forget to follow for more exciting travel stories and to see her van be converted to a beautiful tiny home on wheels!


See you next time!

Regards,
Sascha

Sort:  

I did not have any plans and dreams

It's unfair to say this because you already said that as a teenager, all you wanted was to have money and that is enough dream😂.
Beautiful post indeed
May it work out as you plan

Yeah but is a quite sad and boring dream which wouldn't have given me happiness after achieving.
My boyfriend is an other story, give him 2 kids and football to watch and he is literally the happiest man in the world. He doesn't need a nice house or holidays. He doesn't need money. He would just be happy with the ordinary life as a hard working man, but with kids.

Congratulations @xsasj! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s):

You received more than 20000 upvotes.
Your next target is to reach 25000 upvotes.

You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word STOP

Support the HiveBuzz project. Vote for our proposal!

A lovely post, full of inspiration and bright hope. I am rooting for you. You still have loads of time to do all these things and you have more ahead of you than you have behind, so with your optimistic outlook, everything is possible.

Best of luck, I'll be watching your journey from here. If you do get to South Africa and I'm still around, let me know and we can go for a coffee.

Keep smiling :)

Thank you, I hope you are right!
I would like to grab that coffee then! Are you South African?

It's great to have plans for the future and be able to see how you achieve them, but at the same time it is awesome how everything can happen in life we have to be prepared for any change!

I hope your dreams come true!

Indeed, as we go further in our lifestory, dreams and opportunities change. We might up in a completely different situation in the future, but it usually depends on our own choices. Let's try to make the right ones at least :)

I wasn't going to say anything intially in order not to hurt anyone's feelings; but then, I realized I don't really give a shii :) So here goes:

This was my favorite post from this week's weekend-engagement!!

You have SO MUCH hopes and dreams and at quite the young age too. I'm sure, POSITIVE! That with this steadfast mindset and can do attitude of yours, you'll achieve it all!

Awn, so you wanna move to Ghana then? That'll be great actually. I've been to Accra, Ghana a couple times and it's pretty amazing there! You and the Mr would have a nice time I'm sure.

Before or after 30, it doesn't really matter. It's never to late or early to achieve your dreams

Que belleza de sueños @xsasj te aseguro que esa gran aventura la podrás cumplir en esta linea del tiempo una y otra vez .

Así es la vida una aventura donde vas creciendo, aprendiendo, creando tus propias historias para caminar sobre tus paso y elegir como puedes mejorar cada situación para ir por más.

Te aseguro que en un par de años, este recorrido que es tu fuente de inspiración hoy te dará la madurez para ir por más acompañada de tu amor , tu novio compañero de vida .

Ser feliz es la clave para tu libertad y mantenimiento de tu hogar espiritual "Tu misma ".

Feliz lunes .

5 years this has been happening to me, it started here, around people that are still here. Homeland security has done nothing at all, they are not here to protect us. Dont we pay them to stop shit like this? The NSA, CIA, FBI, Police and our Government has done nothing. Just like they did with the Havana Syndrome, nothing. Patriot Act my ass. The American government is completely incompetent. The NSA should be taken over by the military and contained Immediately for investigation. I bet we can get to the sources of V2K and RNM then. https://peakd.com/gangstalking/@acousticpulses/electronic-terrorism-and-gaslighting--if-you-downvote-this-post-you-are-part-of-the-problem

I really like this post as it speaks of hopes, dreams and goals at the same time as being grounded and showing responsibility. Nice.

We spoke about your studies a while back and I wish you all the best with that, and hope you are able to find a balance between that and your travels, or at least ensuring that you feed your soul consecutively. Just remember, life doesn't end at 30, or 40 for that matter. You have a lot ahead of you and I think you'll achieve what you set out to.

New Zealand is amazing and I've been to those glow worm caves, the one's across the lake from Te Anau. It's wondrous. I loved the South Island as only a quarter of the 5 million people live there so it's very natural and very beautiful. I hope you have a good time there.

Thank you for entering this week, and with such a great post too.

Thank you very much for the thoughtful comment.
It must have been a wonderful experience in New Zealand. I can't wait to see it for myself.

Deleted this part of my reply :)

You're never too young for thinking about the future, my point was that you're young and have a lot ahead of you which is an exciting prospect.

Thank you very much for the thoughtful comment.
It must have been a wonderful experience in New Zealand. I can't wait to see it for myself.

Deleted this part of my reply :)

5 years this has been happening to me, it started here, around people that are still here. Homeland security has done nothing at all, they are not here to protect us. Dont we pay them to stop shit like this? The NSA, CIA, FBI, Police and our Government has done nothing. Just like they did with the Havana Syndrome, nothing. Patriot Act my ass. The American government is completely incompetent. The NSA should be taken over by the military and contained Immediately for investigation. I bet we can get to the sources of V2K and RNM then. https://peakd.com/gangstalking/@acousticpulses/electronic-terrorism-and-gaslighting--if-you-downvote-this-post-you-are-part-of-the-problem

Yay! 🤗
Your content has been boosted with Ecency Points, by @xsasj.
Use Ecency daily to boost your growth on platform!

Support Ecency
Vote for new Proposal
Delegate HP and earn more

I enjoyed this piece from you! Truly inspiring and motivational!

I recently talked in a post about how for so many people the outcome of our goals and dreams looks different from what we thought but from where I’m standing I couldn’t be more happier. I think it’s such good practice to think about and write down our goals. However, at the age of 40 I have learned that where I ended up and what I am doing is exactly where I’m supposed to be.

So say you run out of time to mark off every goal on your list by a certain age. You may not be in the location you dreamt of yet or have things set up in the way you thought. But that place you end up, the people you are around and the job(s) you end up performing will most likely be what’s needed for that particular place and time.

My goal was to finish college and become a teacher. All I wanted to do was teach. Well, I didn’t get a job at a public school but I ended up having five children of my own whom I now homeschool. On top of that I am a lead teacher at our current homeschool co-op. My dreams didn’t end up looking as I thought but I’m still doing what I love and that is teaching.

The point of my message was to say not everything may end up a straight line like you are hoping but as long as you are doing what you love, with whom you love and being a blessing to those around you…that’s success in my book ;)

Keep planning and keep dreaming and I hope all of what you desire will come to pass. Even if it doesn’t look how you thought it would I hope you are able to be content and proud of what you did accomplish and find happiness from where you are ~ 💛

Thank you for your comment, you are totally right! It seems like your initial dreams made place for something better, and you grabbed the opportunity and changed your future for the best.

In my case, I know my dreams change every year. Last year I faild one exam to get into the university I wanted to attend, and I promised myself to make it the best "mistake" of my life, and failing actually did make me happier since I got more time to do things I love, like traveling.
Now I pretty much past the exam, I decided to extend my studies an other year for an other opportunity. We can never be sure what opportunities come on our path indeed. We should grab those if it seems worth it.

That’s awesome how you took that failure as a blessing and realized it allowed you to travel more.

Yes, so true. We just never know what other opportunities await us. I hope all of your traveling and career endeavors go well ~

Those are great dreams and goals to have and they are definitly doable. I know the feeling of not having enough time. It often seems that way when you lay everything out in your head on a time-line. But, it's never too late to go to school, or change or start your career. It's never too late to travel, or settle down and start a family either.

I hated my fist career and went back to university when I was around 29 to do an undergrad in something different and then on to my Masters when I was 32 or so. In the Masters program there were people aged 26 all the way up to 50, with most of them being over the age of 35-40. Many were just starting new careers. I'm 36 now and haven't even started my new career yet because we moved to France for my wife's job.

My point of this is that sometimes it feels like there is no time to do things in life, but in actuality it's never too late to do anything. 30 seems old when you're 24 but then you reach 30 and realize that you feel the same as you did back then. Nowadays People have kids later in life (if they chose to), they start careers or change careers at anytime - even when they seem "too old" to others, people travel when they have kids (bring them along or leave them with their grandparents...etc).

You still have lots of time to follow your dreams. Good luck!

Good to hear that you decided to quit the career you disliked and made a choice to study. I am really glad to hear that this becomes more and more common.

Deleted the next part of my reply :)

I see what you're saying. That makes sense.

We moved from Canada (the province of Ontario).