Scrimmaging through some old stuff I came across an old picture. It was a picture of me when I was younger. I picked the picture up and walked over to a mirror. I lined it up next to my face and looked at the similarities. I wanted to look at what I had started off as and what I had now become.

 Unfortunately it was a pretty pointless exercise. Looking at a before and after picture of your childhood does not tell you much about anything. 

I decided to take it one step further. I closed my eyes and tried to remember what I was like in my early teens. I tried to simulate in my mind what me in my early teens would think or say if he met the current me now.  

Would he say, “Well done sir you have done well”? Or would he be like “What happened to you old man, how did you let it come to this??!!” 

What would kiddy you say to current you if you met? 

I tried to think back at what I wanted to do and what I wanted to be when I was younger. I think at one point or the other I wanted to play football or basketball. But in terms of 9-5 real life work I don’t think that I ever had a clue.

I ended up studying IT because I was competent with computers and heard that the pay was good. I didn’t know what part of IT I wanted to get into, I just decided to jump on it and see where it takes me too. It was not until I was like 21 or so deep into university life that I thought to myself that it would be cool to become a programmer. 

But during my 11-20 year old period I don’t think I ever said to myself I want a career as a [Insert career title here] or my dream job is doing [Insert dream job title here] (A pimp doesn’t count as a real job right?). Is that weird or normal? At the age of 13 did you guy have your hearts set on becoming doctors, lawyers and interior decorators? If you were, was it something what you actually want to do or your parents’ wishes? 

I think that your circle of friends can have quite a big affect on how you end up (especially when you are young). Would you say that your friends helped you in a positive or negative way growing up?  

I guess I learnt street stuff from some of the nuts I used to run with. chance to do it all again I think I would have chosen a bit more carefully…