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.  This blog hopefully will allow me to define those things and, using the things I’ve learned in the past, work towards accomplishing those things along with other goals and aspirations that come along the way.  I’m excited for what I’ll be able to record here from the past and chronicle as I move forward into the future, but I think I’m most excited to see what actually happens.

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