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You’re finally in your dream college… Illinois State University. Pursuing a bachelors in secondary education. You have always wanted to be a teacher!(biology or maybe fine arts). During the summers you take part in DCI, this has been your dream since freshman year in high school, now a reality! Now pursuing your future career while getting to experience the next steps of what you love doing, music and helping others out. But this time in the “adult world”.
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20-40, During this time you start the path of your Adult life. Focusing on finding a job and stable way to settle down with your life. From Getting a job, getting married, and having kids. This time in life has many moving parts
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Some time has passed, finally graduating college and finishing up school(for now), you got yourself a job teaching at a chicagoland school. Being placed in their science department.. In addition, your boyfriend of several years has finally proposed, You’re getting married! Now it’s time you start to settle in and sort your feelings of intimacy vs. isolation as you prepare yourself for the married life. Things are looking up.
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You’ve been married for 5 years now... You two decided to start a family and have a healthy(thankfully)2 y/o You also go back to school for a masters degree! Along the way you’ve discovered a love for fashion design and decided to make a custom clothing business for yourself. Mostly for fun as a pastime. Finally being in a stable family life. A dream of yours and here you have it all. Coming to terms with the fact that you may actually life up to your full potential!
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A year away from your masters! Finally, 10 years of working in education, still somehow loving your job. You will soon take that next step! Your business isn’t super big but you are at a decent size, well known in the local area. Your family life still goin pretty well. Your kid now 7 y/o, you start to prep them for kindergarten! So exciting for you and your husband. Right now, focusing on life and work. Providing for your loved ones is your priority, much like many people your age.
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Continuing on with your career, you’ve now managed to get a Promotion, A science department head! Taking on the new responsibilities that come with your position upgrade get to you a bit… Losing focus on your family being consumed by work .Now in life, you begin to focus on what you think others do in this point in life… increasing their status. Significance comes in power right? Your inner dilemmas over the next few years are struggling between self love and wanting to advance in society
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40-60, Now you have a life settled in for yourself. At this time your kids are growing up and you and your husband are settling and moving up in positions for work. You in this time struggle to balance out work and family life. Leading to some turmoil in your marriage.
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After a few rough years on your family life you manage to work things out with your husband, rekindling your balance of family vs. work life you had years ago. Giving them both the time and attention they deserve. You love them after all! Nothing much aside from that has happened. Life is peaceful. Self realization of thinking that maybe you can and will achieve your full potential begin to cross your mind. Everything is going smooth again as you get ready to send your kid off to college.
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You're 50, You’ve done so much with your life. Your kid is finished with college, starting an independent life just like you did 30 years ago. The time really does fly when you’re doing what you love. You and your husband decide it's a good time to relax and take a big vacation to Hawaii for the summer. You stop and take some time to thank the Lord for such a peaceful and blessed life. Finally reflecting on your life so far and agreeing that you can and probably will reach your full potential…
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You’re super close to retirement! Only a few more years away… Since you started working you and your husband have discussed retirement plans. From personal savings, investments and 401ks you both are nearing being able to retire. Working for many years, loving your job.. Admittedly you will miss working in the education field. After all those years you still have the same passion and love for it as when you first started.
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You are now an elderly folk. In retirement for two years now… You miss teaching but now get to enjoy the rest of life with your husband free of the responsibility of working.Such an important milestone! Setting foot into older age, you cannot deny you're battling feelings of existentialism and fear of death a tiny bit.Your mind as with old age does begins to slow a bit… But for now it’s not too big of a concern for you! You’re just trying to take in the moments and love life.
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60-83, At this point in life you have lived for a long time. You are now moving into the last leg of life. During this time your kid has grown and you have grandkids. And now you start to ponder on your life and it's impact on the world around you.
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No longer living in the Chicagoland you and your spouse grew up in. You two decided it was time to move to a warmer place. That business you started years ago? It’s sort of died down.(but that's ok) As of recent, you have been struggling with existential dread… you wonder as you reflect upon life up-until now if everything you've been doing is enough. For yourself, family, and others in your life. You spend the next few years pondering self worth and the role you’ve played in this world.
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Wow! Happy 70th birthday to you… now well into retirement at this point in life. Being completely honest with yourself, you are slightly shocked as yo how far you've made it in life. Giving time and thought you have realized you despite challenges faced in life(like everyone else) your actions have helped others lives. Even if it was just one person… for you that is more than enough.
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Over the last ten years You and your husband have been traveling a lot and have taken the time to enjoy nature and the world beauty as god intended… everything is right in your life. Nearing the ending of a long lived life, you re ready and accepting to what the end brings.
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Date of Death: April 20th, 2087
Age: 83
Cause of death: Complications from preexisting health conditions Due to your health conditions you have passed away in your home. At this point in life you have outlived most of your family members of this age. You were old enough to have seen your child get married and start their own family for themselves Even though you are no celebrity, you've managed to accomplish big things in your small world. That's all you could ask for.
