I moved to the US in December 08. I was 22. The anticipation and actual day of leaving my home country still feels like yesterday, and it’s a vivid memory that I will never forget. And in just a few weeks, it’ll be the 3 year anniversary of me moving over here, and that’s actually quite scary and crazy.
It’s absolutely insane to think that I met my now wife almost 4 years ago. I wouldn’t call it a whirlwind romance because that implies that we rushed into things, we got married about 18 months after we started dating, and since then, time has flown by so fast. I’m not blaming it on the marriage!
I remember when I was maybe 6 or 7, I was complaining to my mum about being a kid and how I wanted to be an adult already. She said, and I still remember this well too, “you don’t want to be an adult, because every day feels like a year” – well, I’d say those kind of days started and finished in high school for me, I didn’t have the nicest time there and each year seemed to take forever to end. Since leaving high school my life has moved so fast.
I’ve been in several bands, finally settling into a band I love and want to remain in for as long as possible, my aforementioned move to the US that made me leave behind my friends and family but also start a new life and meet my new other family, and FINALLY finding myself a job nearly 3 years later.
Now, I’m 25, and in a depressing way of looking at it, 5 years removed from 30. It just feels so strange that I am this old, because I definitely don’t feel like it half the time. And with 2011 coming to a close in a month, possibly the fastest moving year of my life to date, I hope this isn’t a sign of things to come in terms of fast paced years.
And that’s why I, and hopefully others reading this, have to realize that life is short. Cliched, I know, but it’s totally true. I’m ready to take life by the horns and just go all out and try and fulfill my dreams. I don’t want to be depressed at 30 because I didn’t give my music career my best shot. I’m doing it now and will strive to keep doing it right until luck comes our way. It’s the only thing I can do at this point.
