This 27th day of the 30 days writing challenge that I'm almost finishing is a special one. Not because it's the 27th day, there's nothing special about this, but because today is my birthday: I'm turning 48.

Every year, on my birthday, I try to do this exercise: I try to remember what was my life like about a year ago, then about five years ago, then ten years ago. I try to go into as much details as I can and then stay silent for a while, letting it sinking in.

Then I imagine how my life will be in one year, in five years and in ten years. I'm almost always wrong in these projections, being either too optimistic, or too pessimistic. That's why I won't disclose anything about my (potential) future.

But I will try to share a bit about my past.

10 years ago

• I just sold my first company and was trying to enjoy the life in the suburbs (a villa, a nice car, mowing the lawn, etc)
• I started to travel around the world and had my first thoughts about becoming a digital nomad

5 years ago

• I was already a published author, and living way cheaper than 10 years ago, because I had to move out from that house and drastically change my circle of friends, habits and living standards
• I learned Argentine tango and that was the beginning of a very positive change in my personal life

1 year ago

• I was deep into crypto projects (STEEM being one of them)
• I was getting out of debt after my latest business failed, and decided to move abroad

And right now I'm writing this from a new city, in which I moved just 3 weeks ago.

I think the morale is that you never know what's going to happen. You may build high hopes, you may project audacious goals, but in the end we have very little control over what's happening to us. The only part that we have control over is how we react to what's happening to us.

I'm trying to focus on that part now, knowing that, whatever happens, if I have a balanced inside, the outside will, eventually, follow.

Steem on!

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Previous posts in the challenge:

• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day One: All Ultramarathons Start With Just One Small Step
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Two: How Much Garbage Do You Carry With You?
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Three: Pushing Things To Happen Versus Letting Them Happen "Through" You
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Four: The Rain In Spain Stays Mainly On The Plain
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Five: Books, Coffee And The Smell Of A Gentle Autumn
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Six: Revisiting The Harry Potter Trees In Turia
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Seven: Sand Castles
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Eight: Be Careful Of New Beginnings
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Nine: Tuesday's Free Writing
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Ten: The Power And Toxicity Of Lists
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Eleven: Unblocking Writer's Block - A Primer
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Twelve: Riding The Wave Of Change
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Thirteen: When All You Have Is A Hammer, Everything Looks Like A Nail
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Fourteen: Sunday Stillness
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Fifteen: The Next Major Social Disruption Will Be Technological
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Sixteen: The Difference Between Sound And Light
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Seventeen: Ten Years Of Bitcoin
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Eighteen: How Long Is Long Enough? Spoiler: Until It's Done...
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Nineteen: The Surprising Benefits Of Gratitude
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Twenty: Just A Photo Journal For Today
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Twenty One: 5 Things I Noticed So Far In Spain
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Twenty Two: Things I Look For In A Coffee Shop, From A Digital Nomad Perspective
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Twenty Three: The Inertia Of Our Identities
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Twenty Four: Adjusting To Change
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Twenty Five: Discipline
• 30 Days Challenge Fall 2018 - Day Twenty Six: Context Is Everything

Steem on!

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I'm a serial entrepreneur, blogger and ultrarunner. You can find me mainly on my blog at Dragos Roua where I write about productivity, business, relationships and running. Here on Steemit you may stay updated by following me @dragosroua.

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