It is often said that people's attention spans are getting shorter, particularly when reading online. With this in mind - plus the fact that I can't be arsed to string a full sentence together - today's ramblings will comprise single-word descriptors (OK pedants, a few phrases and compound words as well) of each decade of my life; a sort of concise, pocket-sized version of my time on planet earth.
0 – 10 years: hazy, poo, magical, summery, Procol Harum, giddy, peeping, kaleidoscope, chips, ice-cream, Santa, tooth fairy, kiss-chase, Dion, climbing-rope tingles, doctors-&-nurses & tonsils.
11 – 20 years: wanking, rejection, heartbreak, fear, fury, idealism, wanking, Chi-Lites, exploring, experimenting,groping, fingering, wanking, Eagles, dribbling, escaping, wanking, Barley Wine, preening, angst, puking, posing, pissing & wanking.
21 – 30 years: shagging, intoxication, studying, shagging, bingeing, all-night parties, achievement, qualifications, love, commitment, Leonard Cohen, shagging, poverty, worrying & shagging.
21 – 30 years: shagging, intoxication, studying, shagging, bingeing, all-night parties, achievement, qualifications, love, commitment, Leonard Cohen, shagging, poverty, worrying & shagging.
31 – 40 years: weddings, breeding, striving,
promotion, progression, frenetic,
sleepless, fathering, exhaustion, caring, doting,
vasectomy & cask ales.
41 – 50 years: mirror-gazing,
plucking, introspection, Merlot, fillet steak, trimming, blogging, lettuce,
regretting, reflecting & mid-life wobbles..
51 – 60 years: retiring, writing, publication, walking, Viagra, haemorrhoids, greyness,
drooping, sagging, loss, funerals, closeness, intimacy, shrivel, Port, aching, holidaying, cruising, spending kids inheritance & contentment.
What would your life look like in single words or phrases?
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What would your life look like in single words or phrases?
Photo courtesy of Vlado at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
