Day 2: Where you would like to be in 10 years.

Thank god this is where I would LIKE to be in 10 years. If it was where I would THINK I'd be then I would certainly have a problem writing it. That being because I am the type of person who would not think ahead enough for it to dawn on them that it has turned 8pm and no food has been eaten so far today.

But it is a great challenge because of the choice I have. I can go full bat shit crazy here and say my most mental fantasies because that IS where I would like to be. Yet I am somehow sensing I have to be semi realistic here. So I will be... but first for those of you who care:

I would LIKE to have somehow moved into the pokemon universe. Logically it is the best one to go to just because everything is so damn perfect. And I can legally own a dragon. After I have trained only the most badass pokemon (Dragonite, Gyarados, Charizard etc.) I would possibly then start eating other pokemon. Obviously avoiding the steel, rock and poison varieties. I do wonder what a pidgey tastes of, or a nice oddish salad.

In ten years I would like to be living off of my interests. Something which just now is a long shot but I think it is not a lost cause. Maybe go into the video game industry as a journalist and after 10 years, work my way forward into actually designing video games. Doing something different though, not working on an FPS or for Activision.

Failing that but still on the video game route, own my own video game based website. Something to inform people of what to expect from the industry. Not to take shit from some publishers and what we should really expect from games.

Video games are only one possibility however. Just now I am part of LTWW. If our podcasts and website got big then maybe in 10 years we could be on the radio or something similar. Then become celebrity presenters. The best part would be working with my two friends Daniel 'Bob' Taylor and Paul McCallum. And whatever other friends I make who join the LTWW team on the way.

I think maybe that last answer is the one the challenge is looking for. Something you are going for right now which can be exaggerated. But that is only for my job you see! The rest of my life in 10 years time would be as follows.

• I am no longer single. I don't have a perfect partner in mind but I like to adapt to life so that one can stay open.

• I keep in touch with my friends and see them still. I don't want to lose contact with the people I am close to. And of course do lots of crazy things with them still.

• Live somewhere with good internet. Seriously, that is the only big thing about where I want to live. As long as it is one up from my current flat by then and I have room for all my belongings I am good.

• I suppose I can wish my brothers band does well... I suppose.
• Complete operation Bill Murray.
• Speak Japanese and own property in Japan.
• To still not have a smartphone.
• Learn Piano like a boss.
  

I don't know what else I want in 10 years. I am going to say that that would suffice. But if I do find a way to the pokemon universe don't count on seeing me again.