The Next 25

 25 years ago today, I returned from my service as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The end of my mission was a turning point in my life. It signified the end of an old life and the beginning of a new. It also signified the beginning of my adult life. A lot has happened in the last 25 years, most of it I never expected. As I sit here 25 years later, I can’t help but think back on everything that has happened but also reflect on what is to come. It’s as if I’m sitting in the middle of a 50-year time span, I look one way and I see the previous 25 years, the sum total of my adult life, and looking the other way, I see the 25 years ahead of me, from now until I am 71 years old. A lot has happened, and a lot is still to come. My goal with this blog is to visit the past and to chart the future. I’ve accomplished a lot in the last 25 years but there are still a lot of things I thought I would have accomplished at this point in my life that I have not. ...