For her.
An anonymous, heartful submission to the prompt
Write out, in detail, what your life would look like 5 years from now if you continue down your current path.
In 2029, I would have freshly graduated with a Juris Doctor degree, fulfilling what was once deemed as a starry-eyed vision of pursuing a promising career in law back in my home country. I am studying for the Singapore bar exam, and the realisation that I am ever so close to fulfilling a dream from my adolescence is daunting and exciting to say the least.
I am in a national team for fencing, whether it be to represent Singapore or Australia, all through the accumulation of effort and time I have put in to travelling around Asia to train. I continue to stay in touch with many of the friends I have made from the places I have been, and have overcame my anxiety for various competitions through the exposure to different venues fencers I have come across.
I am 24, the same age as my mum when she brought me into the world. Unfortunately, I cannot bring myself to be pregnant at that age as I would not have reached the standard of financial independence I have set for myself. I am grasping at job offers, practising for potential interviews, trying to land myself in a well-established law firm that hopefully, I can support both myself and my parents in the near future.
The person I am today only exists from the accumulation of many little successes and the sacrifices I had made in the face of challenges. Many of the habits that I had to discipline myself to form and maintain, as simple as sleeping early and waking up early, made me realise how significant they are in maintaining my overall health and mental wellbeing. Over the years I have proved to myself that I have immense potential to better myself, through fencing, my career, or simply, as a person.
And in the next 5 years, I will look back onto this and tell myself that my life at that point was only just the beginning.
To the reader:
Write out, in detail, what your life would look like 5 years from now if you continue down your current path.
Dream big.