11 things I wish were not true but are

1. 30 years of sport leaves you with a variety of long term niggles that means you'll always be playing in pain
2. The gap between how you feel inside and how others view you widens as you get older, especially the young
3. This a recession that few are truly immune from
4. Speed bumps exist
5. Most people make their tea in the cup, not the pot
6. Most people couldn't give a monkey's about government and politics
7. I'm not a particle physicist
8. I'll never own my own seaside restaurant cafe stacked with books and regulars
9. I didn't work in advertising in the 1980's but if I met a me who was born 15 years earlier and had, I would detest him (only a few people know my potential for pretension and self delusion, and saved me way before it was too late)
10. My parents will live 6 hours drive away from their grand child
11. I'll never get to work in another country

Comments

[Rob @ Cynic]

Maybe I'm being pedantic, but I don't think all of the 11 points you raise are true ... they just feel that way, but you can change it if you want to.

God I sound like Oprah. Sorry.

[Stu]

Wait until Junior arrives. All points, with the exception of no.10 will disappear into obscurity. However, they will re-appear again in 20 years time, buried in the middle of a much longer list.

My advice. Don't make lists.

[northern]

Good point Mr Harris - although I'll have three like you.