Who will you be in 10 years?

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

I dont mean "I'm gonna be a fireman!" kinda thing... it's just that a few years ago, I realised that all the ignorant masses of middle-aged, out of touch, yet empowered individuals were the punks 30+ years ago, the hippies 40-50 years ago. Politically minded youth. Members of social movements. Granted, some havent lost that, and some weren't like that in the first place. But the point still stands.

So what will we be? (granted there are probably some here who are already too old to count into this sorry)

Will we be telling our kids to stop playing so many violent VR simulations? or that the stuff they watch and listen to is vapid and ridiculous? or that society ain't as good as it used to be? that the young are dangerous?

I try my best to keep hold of what I am now, cus right now, I'm brilliant
But will it last?

[Sparky15756]

I'd probably be living on the streets or being taken care of by my mate ... semi-serious, with a joking twist


But seriously, I can see myself being an actor on those rubbish soap opera's and/or being a mediocre football player in a lower league in the UK

[Vosur Aekira]

Well... you do bring up an interesting question:

Pertaining to the portion of kids stop playing violent videogames, no that'll never happen... but the generation following us need to be taught that the gaming entertainment they partake in is not real and the dangers of what real actions involve and how "final" they can be. They also need to be taught and encouraged that profane language will not help in their cause to give their message across.

Now to the meat of the topic... I'm unsure if I'll be wearing the mantle of leadership that goes with the job I am currently involved in. I'd rather mature into any position I get into instead of being thrust into it. If I do manage to get to that point, then I'll definitely be trying to teach my experience to the next generation.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

To be honest, I have two options right now:

1. Go to Arizona and partake in their explosives engineering program at their universities

2. Become a video game designer, maybe educational video games... or maybe one of those over the top violent games.

as for the watching and listening, if they find it good to watch or listen to, all I could probably do is show them other music or show them other videos... (with the exception of pornographic material).

[Moonraiser]

im thinking that i will be a physisist for some company

[KittKat chunky~]

no idea.... im thinking about moving to slovakia permanently after school... i can work in environmental project areas as well as do graphic design... other than that im not bothered, life is and life does my friend 

[White Wolf Guardian]

I go where the money takes me, I want to become an anesthesiologist so I can come home with a lovely paycheck and take care of people at the same time. If the health reform destroys that however, I'm going to choose something else.

[Philly Tanuki]

Well I know I'm probably not going to be an actor, which is what I want to be.  However my second option is to be a history teacher and teach history to the masses!

[Armalite_]

In 10 years I will be writing about the things that come to mind when I do certain things. Hopefully, after going to university, I'll become a columnist. That is where I will write about what I have to say about the kids like me today. A way for me to tell my story of a kid with no direction, who hung with bad crowds, violence, drugs, etc. If not, I'll be a screenplay writer, editor, graphic designer, musician, go to law school for the kicks and giggles, and live simple.

[Gabag]

I'd be teaching people how to be Communists and how to take stuff with the flow.

Ok maybe not the Communism part, but when the kids of the future are botherin me with their ways i'll just call 'em hippies.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

I dont think some of you have understood completely what I'm asking.

I'm not asking what job you want, but what kind of person you will be.

[Tweak]

I dont mean "I'm gonna be a fireman!" kinda thing...

More likely they lack reading skills.

im thinking that i will be a physisist for some company

Although that one made me giggle, I think the spelling of the job should be learnt first.

[artimus]

Dude, I cannot imagine music evolving anymore than it already has. Or in the case of pop, becoming more vapid than it already has. But, I've been proved wrong before.

I'd like to think I'd change from the bitter, cynical person I've become into someone who's as accepting but more...joyful?

In the end, though, I doubt that. I'll probably stay just as bitter and be the kind of person who realizes he's 60 when I'm only 30, you know what I mean?

Which sucks, since I'm studying to be a teacher.

"You kids today and yer post-modernism and yer national health care and yer free labor movement..."

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Interesting view, and yeah I totally get the 60 when 30 thing.

You'll gradually lose touch with the way things advance perhaps?

Oh and music will evolve. It always does, either spurred on by technology, social change or the sheer stagnation of music as I see today, forcing a move into retro stylings for the sake of sheer variety. There will be something new, dangerous. We just dont know what it is yet.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

In ten years, I would love to be surrounded by art, and it not be so stressful like it is now. I know you're not asking about what kind of job we want, but my job pertains to who I'd like to be. I'd love to be a comic book artist / writer or a conceptual artist for movies and games. I've got a passion for art and bettering myself that's changed when I hit college. I used to do it because it was something to do, and I didn't know how to improve, with taking my classes, I see how to make myself improve.. And I'm doing it, especially with my realism. I want to re-ignite feelings I used to have for something I like doing so that I can vent freely and express myself. I want to be more free, not shackled by my own faults and stress. I want to have the imagination that I used to have before I hit thirteen; I want to be happier. I don't want to do art because I have to. I want to do it because I want to. It may sound like a "I wanna be this when I grow up" answer, but you have to realize that art is a part of me and I'd like to change my views on it. I'd like to not hate it because deep down I know I love it. Circumstances have just made me bitter about it.