From here to there.

I sometimes, when in the arms of my lassy, and perhaps looking up at the sky, cotent like, find myself looking back at the person i was a year, ago, 5 years ago. And I wonder, how will I think of myself as I'm living now in retrospect 1 or 5 years from now...and it is interesting to think this way.

And so I put this thought/question to you. How do you think you will see yourself when you think back in 1 or 5years times, based on who you are now and who you've been.

Hmm. I think that I won't like the person I was. {considering I'm in the future looking back at who I am now} I'd probably feel really ashamed, immature and disgusted about the way I handled certain things in my life. Mmyup!

In five years, I think I'll look back and find that I was always trying too hard to win people's approval, and even though I can be such a callous bitch, that is still for the entertainment of my friends, and the persona I've put out - wow. It's only after I typed that I realised how scarily true that is.

I don't like this post very much.

I've been a diarist, on and off, since Sue Townsend released "The Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 3/4". I have a daughter, age 15, who is also a diarist...

I've saved my diaries so in times of trouble I can look back and see what I have come through. And now in this digital age I blog. And I keep an offline copy of what I blog so in years to come I can look back again.

My diaries are age 13, age 19, age 23, and age 34-35. I like me at age 13 the most. :-)

Funnily enough, my poems are something of a Diary, except I am the only one who can see the true chronilogical order and exact meanings...not like when I hack Ed's computer and read about how he likes to buy little puppies so he can sniff them inside old shoe boxes...but maybe I should blog as well.

poems are indeed a bit diary like, so perhaps in a few years i can see myself in a better way as I do now, altough poetry is often only the reflection of one moment , not of a period in life,
but I think I'll kinda like myself ,

Kevin, be a dear and put all my pictures of bouncy castles filled with helium sailing to the moon back, please. :-(

Good question..

^^ Lazy answer.

a person always grows not only physically but most importantly mentally as well to finally realize the growth pattern. i am sure i would be liking a lot of things as i would be hating five years from now in me. but today, that's all i know, i feel i am okay to be the person i am. because i am the person i must be right now.

^^ I love that answer. That's exactly how I feel about it.. not even joking with you. That's good.

I think that even if I was to give it my best go of predicting my own opinions of myself later in life and in retrospect Kev that it would be inaccurate. Why? Because each and everyday I learn a lil something more about myself, about others and about the world and in turn I grow a lil more too. I think one thing I will say is the timeless "I wish I knew then what I know now"...

well, we only know that much that we are meant to know in a specific time. we know better so we do better, but sometimes the things are just not understandable. we will commit mistakes as we will learn and therefore we grow. the present is all that there is and whatever you know today is what you need to know...!

Five years from now...

Whew.

Everyone is kind of negative to themselves... But I think I'll probably look back and admire me now. A lot of people would've... and have... fallen into the thigns I choose to stay out of (cutting, drinking, smoking, drugs, lust). I'll probably laugh at myself, because one of my saddnesses right now is the fact that I can't be valedictorian since I got my first B. I'll probably see how stubborn I was and ridicule myself on being overdramatic about things... But you know, I think I won't have many regrets.

Good question!

Kev -- this was a great question! it got me thinking a lot.

But, five years from now..
I agree that everyone is somewhat negative toward themselves, and I don`t think thats really so great. I, personally, am happy with the person I am, even though I`m not pleased with my past. But overall, I`m happy to be me and wouldn`t trade my life for some else`s, no matter who it was. I do think that there are specific situations in which I should, and could have, handled differently, and those will be the small matters in which I`ll feel regret. But, in general, I won`t have many regrets either.

Samantha Hollywood

Hey guys, some great answers here, nice one.

Personally, I think i will like the person I am now 5 years from now, but I'd want to take them for a coffee and explain a few things, you know set them straight and wake them up. I know i'd like to do this with the person I was 5 years ago...hell even a year ago...such is the rate of my change.

5 years from now. I will be 27.I will be out of college. Probably in Los Angeles. Probably working some executive position at Dreamworks or Paramount. Paying my dues, getting my heals into the industry. Emotionally, about the same as I am now. Excited but unsure about the future. Single, but not losing any sleep over it.

Five years from now I'd like to be a father. Everything else except happiness is secondary.

Five years from now, i will be on my way to becoming a pediatric nurse. I will also be thinking about getting married and having children. I will look back and remeber the fun times i had and the, but realize there are pleanty more memories to make.

Bonus points to bret for simplicity.