One of the biggest things I've struggled with in my life is the idea that I have goals and I want to meet them. When I was young, I had a certain idea of how I wanted my life to be, and in my youthful arrogance I though I would be able to accomplish all of it by the time I was thirty. As I grew older and nothing seemed to be going the way I wanted, I strangely did not become bitter but instead began adjusting my expectations to new goals that seemed more reasonable. As I approach the start of my fifth decade of life next year, my dreams are incredibly humble from a worldly perspective, but because of the decisions and circumstances of my life, they are still very much out of reach.
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