What will your life be like in three years?
Have you ever thought of what your life will be like in three years? Is there anything that you would like to have achieved by that time? How do you picture yourself after years of your life have passed?
I haven’t thought much of it but maybe it is time. I am always aiming for a situation where I do not have to worry about money or I have so much that when people ask for help, it is very easy for me to give. I also want our children not to worry about where they will sleep or where they will get their food or be stuck in a work that they need because they need the money.
I want to get away from that.
I want us to do work that is meaningful. Meaningful, in the sense that it is not what corporate ideologies or concepts tell us. That we can find meaning in the work that we do. That is just a cliché to keep us engaged and motivated to do the work we are paid to do. That is not what I meant.
What I meant by meaningful is doing what we really think would benefit others. How could we help each other become better people or a become better versions of ourselves. There are a lot of people we encounter in our daily lives and our initial reaction is to comment on how bad they are to make us feel better than them. Subconsciously, this is what happens. We are just not entirely aware at the moment.
Most of the time what hinders us in helping others is money. For example, in doing charity work or outreach program that my choir had started, we could have never been able to move it without money. Sure, there are donations but we still need money for travel, food, and specific items that our recipients need (e.g. new school supplies, food, etc.)
There was also this time that people in my church said a lot of things about making things happen like having the keyboards fixed or cleaning the choir loft and music room. But no one did anything about it because it requires money to fix the keyboard and have the place cleaned.
That is why, in three years, I would like to be in a place to have the money to be able to provide help to others so that they can live their lives as they should. The question now is, how do I get there?
How do we get there?
Yes. That question is rarely asked. We always want to be something by a certain time but we never talk about the how. The steps necessary to get there are important and crucial for us to achieve it. However, we all fall into wishful thinking hoping that it will come true but our actions today don’t help us get there.
As for me, for the future self I have envisioned, I am invested heavily in a high-risk instrument but high yield too. The cost is high. The projections are 50-50. The possibility is average. But it will take me where I want to be. Not in three years. Maybe 5 or 10 years. Longer than I want but it will take me there. It is just a matter of time. The point is doing something to get there.
We have to act now to become the person we want to be in the future. It is not all about hoping and praying. It is also about taking action now. A lot of us sees a bright future for ourselves but never do anything to meet it. This is where we fall short.
Be healthy. Exercise and workout.
Be promoted. Spend more time working to gain experience.
Play piano. Practice.
Be smart. Read.
Be close to God. Pray and hear the mass.
The point is, do the relevant work now so we can be who we want to be in the future.
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