ten years... ten yeeeaaaarrrrrrssssss!!!

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that's a line from the movie 'grosse pointe blank'. looked it up at imdb, made me think about a lot of things. the end of a decade is always a milestone regardless of how it went. just want to take a look back and see how things have changed regardless it it was for the better or the worse (just realized i used regardless, twice, thrice this paragraph only). lol!!! ten years ago i was a single, in my mid-20s working and in my 'dream job'. 'dream job' meaning anything from the 'job i really want eventhough the pay $ucks' to 'the job i want but really a dead end job with no chance for promotion' to 'the job i love to do but can't keep because it it holds no future for me'. today, i'm married, with one lovely and beautiful (insert an over the top positive superlative trait here) daughter, now working in another 'dream job'(it is a different company, much better pay with a great schedule however just recently started so i'm walking on egg shells so to speak but all is good so far), living with my daughter and wife and really satisfied and contented with what i have right now but i know that me and my family deserve better and i'm working towards it. i'd have to say i'm happy now but i can be happier even dare i say be at my happiest if i really work at it, despite the increased responsibilities and decreased disposable income. ten years ago i had a modest amount of savings in my bank account. good enough for a single guy on the fly but not enough to live as big and as large as i wanted to. today, i have zero balance when it comes to savings. my wallet has only gotten thinner and i'm the one that has gotten fatter. lol! looking to cahnge all that. i've already started saving and made some headway since the last part of 2009 and i'm downplaying what i have simply to be desperate enough at the beginning of 2010 so the urgency to save is there. i'm saving not just for myself but also for my daughter and my family altogether. ten years ago I was maybe 20-30 pounds lighter. back story is i was a good 130 lbs last year but decided to go to 150 lbs because that is the ideal fighting weight. i really wanted to engage in some professional boxing/muay thai/mixed martial arts stuff but never really got around doing it so now i hover around 145-155 lbs. going to change this one. my target is to be at 130-135lbs by middle of 2010 and stay at that weight for good. ten years ago i was about pleasing other people and fitting in. this year and for the rest of my life, hopefully it will be about working towards being happy for myself and giving out happiness as if i had a $hitload of it the people that i love, to the people that matter, and to the people that hate me. it will be more about giving than taking but definitely not to the point that i take myself for granted. one thign i realized this year was that it si not enough that you learn to live by yourself but also to learn how to die alone if need be. sounds depressing, moronic even but that's how i'll be rolling with my life from here on in. i'd like to continue to improve, and i think that better fitness and a better but more realistic outlook at life is the primary key at my age. ten years ago my travels had been primarily in the southern part of the philippines, mostly in cebu and davao. not much has changed there, except for trips to the northern part the country primarily to zambales, subic, baguio, and sagada. trying to get out of this forsaken country that i will always call my home. probably start here in asia and work my way out. really want to visit europe and the south american countries. good thing with the work i have is that i have a chance to travel to either costa rica, antigua, or canada. lol! ten years from now i hope in my mid-40s i'd have a decent shot at a comfortable retirement (save early and often is the best advice i can give for myself and for those just starting their work careers). hopefully i can be a better version of my present self. be able to chill out, kick back, and relax while be a great father to my daughter. so how about you my fellow mylotter? where were you ten years ago and where have you been for the last ten years? where would you like to be ten years from now? stay thirsty my friends. stay thitsty. cheers!!!