Life Choices Gifts

Your Best Years/Your Uncertain Future

"The tea leaves say you should go into insurance, but I say forget the tea leaves and go into whatever makes you happy."

YOLO vs YODO

I chose the path of least resistance and have been going downhill ever since. (Published previously on Jan. 11, 2010).

"Call me?"

'So Kyle - have you considered the challenges of van driving?'

'I need my lifestyle validated.'

Man considering Reincarnation or Heaven

'When I grow up, I want to be a hydraulic engineer...'

Road sign: 'No Passing Zone... This, too, shall pass.'

"We're airship people, not mega-airship people."

'I chose my field on what would put the most impressive initials after my name.'

"He wants to be a plastic surgeon when he grows up."

'He's majoring in cave hydrology with, obviously, the ultimate aim of being a caveman like his Dad.'

"Baldo, I don't care what you are...as long as you're good at it."

'Guess what! I got my act together! And this is it!'

"If you're ever granted three wishes, don't blow them all on a giant body with tiny arms legs."

"Remember, son, you can be anything you want to be...except for maybe an aroma therapist."

'Son I want you to Follow in My Footsteps.'

Move Up In The World or Down Hill All The Way.

Boy who has been to the dentist

"Some days I really wish I had finished med school. Not that I ever started med school."

"I think I'm ready to go forth and multiply."

Road signs of Aging

Made It! Without getting one tattoo.

"Were you genuinely interested in where I get my protein, or was it the introductory question to a long and pointless attack on my personal dietary choices?"

Elevator dilemma.

"I just wish I hadn't spent most of my life reading the comments below online news articles"

'I've decided to become a veterinarian, I love animals!'

"My teacher wouldn't let me clown around in class, so I was forced to run away and join the circus."

"Even when this drought is over, things will never be the same."

'You're at that awkward age where the others have figured out that you're a drone and you don't do anything.'

"So much to do... so little time."

"Yes, many of us have had life changes since you switched focus to Environmental Law."

'I've just had a terrible nightmare that we were living sensibly, within our budget!'