20 Years gone by

As part of the McLinky Blog Hop I was asked the following question.
Tell us about your life 20 years ago. What were you doing? Where were you? What direction were you heading? How is your life different now that what you THOUGHT it would be?

Well I’ll tell you one thing; I never imagined I would be writing a daily journal on a computer about my life as a FISH. Not that I didn’t enjoy the water you understand. In fact I took to water from a very young age.

Actual portrait of the artist as a young man

For those of you who are confused; Yes I am a boy. Here’s a further proof.

Except both of these pictures are a little older than 20 years old of course.

20 Years ago I was entering my final year of junior school, and contemplating my next year at “big school”. At that stage I was not a lot bigger than I appear in this picture, except in the waist area perhaps. But that’s another story entirely.

I had no clue where my life was going, especially career wise. I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I grew up. I had considered being a doctor (too much blood) a pilot (afraid of heights) and an actor (too shy). All I knew was that being a lawyer was not an option. I really didn’t like the look of them from TV. (L.A. Law was a lot to answer for.)

20 years ago, I already felt different. I was starting to understand that I was younger than all my friends and classmates, and that I was going to be the only person starting High School who wasn’t a teenager yet. (I had started school early.)

20 years later, I still feel different. I still feel like I’m too young to be a responsible adult, and that all my friends have overtaken me. I still feel like I am never sure exactly where I am going.

The only difference now is that I’m cuter than ever. :-)