Seasons of Life

I was on a webinar and the speaker talked about the "seasons of life".  What a great phrase.  I had never heard that before and it really gave me a lot of food for thought.

The speaker was discussing this in relation to careers.  I realized that there are a lot of seasons of life. I thought about how my life's priorities have changed over the decades.

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  My late teens:
• I wanted to be grown up.  
• I wanted to live on my own and make my own money.
• I wanted to be independent.
• I worked two jobs occasionally and basically lived to work and play.
• My twenties:
• I worked temp jobs and full-time jobs to learn about different companies and obtain different skills.
• I wanted to gain knowledge to obtain a better career path.
• I met John and wanted to get married.
• I wanted to get us out of debt.
• My thirties:
• I wanted to make my business a success.
• I generally worked seven days a week; at least 10 hours a day.
• I began to realize how important my family was and tried to find time for them.
• John and I began to get out of debt and start saving money.
• My forties:
• I wanted to settle in with a company and have a stable career and a steady paycheck.
• I wanted to work less and find a better work/life balance.
• I wanted to spend more time with friends and family.
• I want to engage in more experiences, not own more things.
• I wanted to start traveling.
• I wanted to move to a new house.
• My fifties:
• I want a steady job with good co-workers and supervisors.
• I want to continue to travel more and more.
• I want to continue to spend time with family and friends.
• I want to continue to get to experience new things.
• I want to enjoy my house and work to make it better.

When I think about how my work and life preferences have changed, it is fascinating to me how I went from work and money being most important ... to family, friends and experiences being more important.  

No matter what, I feel lucky to have taken this path. Each priority was necessary at the time, to bring me to where I am now. I am blessed to have been allowed to enjoy so many great seasons of life.  I hope your seasons of life have been / will be wonderful. Enjoy each season for what it is. Try and have no regrets for doing what you need to do to live the life you want to live.