28 years in the making
From frontend student to web developer, to once again questioning where I am going. How strange it is that every 365 days you get a year older, and that with every year that passes an incredible amount of things could have happened. Where were you a year ago?
For my part, I was in the middle of Oslo, right at the bottom of the very central shopping street Bogstadveien. Spent my days studying full-time at Høyskolen Kristiania and worked part-time at BIT (cafe) between school, training and friends. I didn't think much about how I spent my days, and there was only one goal in the back of my mind: to land my first full-time job as a frontend developer. After starting working I imagined that everything would just fall into place and I would finally feel ‘at home’.
It's strange how time flies, it gives us new experiences, challenges and opportunities. A year has passed, and now I have a full-time position at a great communications company in Møre and Romsdal. I finally got rid of exam times, can afford to buy the food I want, and have security and financial stability.
Nevertheless, the last 5 months have been marked by the same thoughts and reflections I had in my early 20s, after a semester in Tanzania and backpacking around Asia. This sensation that everyday life slips into each other, and I lack a sense of purpose and actually feeling that I am ‘living’ life has led me to feel unfulfilled. And at one point I had to face the truth, that little has changed internally within, and that things have not fallen into place any more than before.
A wise old elephant, a couple of meters away
Moments like these is what I am missing from life.
Getting older is not scary in itself, but it is a reminder that time passes. The last three years in particular have been filled with life-changing events, loss, reflection and personal development. These experiences in combination with my personality and all the memories I have from my travel experiences, has made it difficult, if not impossible, for me to thrive in an A4 everyday life (at least for now). I would like to make the most of my time here on earth, while I'm young and healthy(ish), by spending my everyday life doing what brings me joy. So I have decided not to let another year go by without moving towards the direction of where I want to be.
I wish to start my 28th year with the right mindset, focused on development and confidence to achieve my goals. And if you also are reading this with a burning desire to achieve something new I invite you to do the same. I started by asking where you were a year ago, and now I wonder: Where will you be in 365 days?
