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Question: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Response: Hannah, I think it is ironic and in a non-funny way that you pose this question, as this question is the question that scares you the most. I don't know if it scares me so much as overwhelms me; and not even that...Most importantly, I think, is that I don't actually know how it makes me feel, which frightens me the most.
I will begin as Rachel has begun; in 10 years, I will be 27. This can mean many things, and also very little: It means I will be closer to 50 than 0, it means I will be either hugely successful and stable somewhere along the West coast, or living in a dingy shack in (perhaps) Venezuela. Perhaps I will be in love - perhaps I will have a small child whose name is affiliated somehow with the month they were born. Perhaps I will make them eat porridge and drink chai tea every morning. Perhaps they will be at nursery school today. Perhaps they will be visiting their Auntie Katie whilst I am away with the Literate Four on a trip to Italy.
Perhaps I will be happy. I'm sure I will be happy. I never picture myself as unhappy, because that is just negative reinforcement and quite uninspiring. Perhaps Hannah and I will have made it big on Broadway; perhaps Hannah has, and I am her backup dancer. Perhaps Ryan will be a track star, or perhaps a geophysicist, or a raptor police officer. Perhaps we will still be able to stand one another.
I will spend all my money on good books and bookshelves that are nearly falling apart. I will eat whole grain pasta and Nutella. I will still dance, I will still sing, maybe I will even still paint and play piano.
I will be 27.