Tag: Future

The future, I think.

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Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

I think the future feels so out of my control, that I push myself so hard to not thinking about it, that it is all I end up thinking about it.

I know what I want out of life, but reaching it feels impossible. I feeling likes there’s nothing I can do about where I am a lot of the time. That I’m stuck.

So I’m stuck thinking about where I might one day be, hoping it is better then where I am now, but in the seemingly already determined reality that at won’t be. Well at least it’s not worse that where I am now, my imagined future.

It’s easier to live in the hope of the future than the inertia of the present.

Try listening to Inertia by AJR if you understand where I’m coming from. It’s an amazing song that explains it well.

Probably not that different.

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What will your life be like in three years?

I’m not trying to be negative I’m just trying to be realistic. I honestly don’t think my life will be a lot different in three years, and to be honest, I’m not sure I want it to be.

If I’m lucky, I would like to have a job, and hopefully be on my way to completing PhD. Not forgetting that it would be nice to have a little bit more money in the bank.

If I had a little bit more money, I’d love to get my house done up. Maybe have a regular cleaner.

It’s hard to plan for a future that needs a lot of things to change for it to happen, when you know that things are unlikely to change.

I can’t predict the future, no one can, and honestly, I’m glad about that. I think it gives me more power to live by what will be will be. Let’s see where I end up I guess.

This question is as simple as it is complicated.

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What would you change about modern society?

I would obviously make society accessible and inclusive to everyone. But in practice this is a lot more complex than it may seem.

Firstly I would have to determine which type of accessibility and inclusion I was talking about, as this would change practically what I would do to achieve that. For example if I was talking about physically including everyone in society, most of the changes I make would have to be physically to the area.

But social inclusion, while more worthwhile in my opinion, is a much bigger battle.

While nothing should be inaccessible to anyone, friends, people inaccessible causes a lot of harm over a life time. Social inclusion is vital for everyone in society.

For those for whom my words are not enough, let me try it this way. A more socially inclusive society is better for everyone. You don’t know how long it will be until you’re the one who’s excluded, so an inclusive society is better for everyone in that society.

This one feels weird when I’ve never really worked.

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How do you want to retire?

Having never worked it seems odd to consider the idea of retirement, it feels a little bit like reading the last page of a book, having not finished the first chapter.

Ableism comes in many forms, in my experience. One of which that is relevant here and in my general search for work, is that society doesn’t expect me to work. I have to be the driving force, and often the only force, behind me getting a job. Me never working is just explained away by societal ableism and misunderstanding that disabled people cannot work. And if I never get a job how exactly can I retire?

But lets pretend I do manage to get a job for a second, and see if I can answer the question of how I would like to retire?

I suppose it’s simply really, like anyone else I guess I would like to travel a little. But I don’t see that happening unless I get a really good job, that pays well. As traveling as a disabled person is often more expensive, and certain more risky, than it is if you are not disabled. But I guess my priority would be that everyone I care about is taken care of. I guess beyond that I would do very similar to what I do most days now. Spend time caring for my fur babies, and trying to deal with whatever ableist crisis faces me at the time.

I apologies for not including a very complex answer to this question, it was very difficult for me to think this far into the future, given my current position in life.

It’s hard to imagine a solid future, when your current feels so up in the air and out of your control.