When I was born I wanted to be outside the incubator.
When I was 1 I wanted a breast.
When I was 2 I wanted to take naps in my Nana’s arms.
When I was 3 I wanted a red wagon.
When I was 4 I wanted a father.
When I was 5 I wanted to visit the moon.
When I was 6 I wanted to watch more Johnny Quest.
When I was 7 I wanted the Vietnam War to get off of my television.
When I was 8 I wanted to be the fastest kid on my street.
When I was 9 I wanted to pilot a boat on the Jungle Cruise.
When I was 10 I wanted to be an oceanographer.
When I was 11 I wanted the girl to notice that I pitched a perfect game.
When I was 12 I wanted the world to stop spinning so fast.
When I was 13 I wanted us to move back to Florida.
When I was 14 I wanted to find out why people drank alcohol.
When I was 15 I wanted to skip past high school.
When I was 16 I wanted to understand The Metamorphosis.
When I was 17 I wanted to be a man.
When I was 18 I wanted to never go home again.
When I was 19 I wanted a Fiero.
When I was 20 I wanted another hit of acid thank you very much.
When I was 21 I wanted to have sex with every hot chick I met.
When I was 22 I wanted the fuck out of the Air Force.
When I was 23 I wanted to walk the earth like Caine in Kung Fu.
When I was 24 I wanted to be invisible.
When I was 25 I wanted to kill myself.
When I was 26 I wanted to wake up from a perpetual nightmare.
When I was 27 I wanted a tattoo that would never let me forget.
When I was 28 I wanted all of the happy people in AA to die.
When I was 29 I wanted to know more about God.
When I was 30 I wanted the girl I couldn’t have.
When I was 31 I wanted to never see snow again.
When I was 32 I wanted to finish college.
When I was 33 I wanted to live happily ever after.
When I was 34 I wanted into the ad agency world.
When I was 35 I wanted children.
When I was 36 I wanted out of the ad agency world.
When I was 37 I wanted to kill Islamic extremists.
When I was 38 I wanted my business to be successful NOW.
When I was 39 I wanted to take a crowbar to the guy who repossessed our minivan.
When I was 40 I wanted more strength than I was capable of.
When I was 41 I wanted to earn enough to give my wife the freedom to do anything.
When I was 42 I wanted to embed in our daughters a deep respect for their imagination.
When I was 43 I wanted to stop trying to control every little fucking thing.
When I was 44 I wanted to effectively exploit my talent.
When I was 45 I wanted to understand why I’ve been so blessed.
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Jim Mitchem/@smashadv
Addie King
Aug 7, 2010
Very insightful, Jim =) I really like and respect the way you wear your heart on your sleeve =)