Ohai there!
First off an apology to you all! I didn't post yesterday because I was in Sand after seeing the new film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's 'On The Road', and Sand is not a place for blogging. Sand is a place for speaking shite over E4 American sitcoms at 1am. So, I'm sorry for not providing the consistency you must so crave. But double the fun today!
I did actually try and and do a blog from Sand yesterday, in fact it's sitting in my drafts as a failure! It was Lauren's angry reaction to the film and why she thinks it ruins the Beats for the new generation. You'll never know!
For now, I offer you a brief stimulating conversation with Ailish Parham about the future:
Are you scared of the future?
Yes.
Why is that?
I want to be successful and I worry that I won't be, and I want to do something with my life now. I'm scared I won't be able to have a good standard of living compared to my decently well-off life at the moment. I don't want to be a no one and remain stagnant in Shetland.
What would you define as successful?
Because I've grown up in a business background, I feel for me successful would be having a really good job and a good lifestyle.
Would you accept that there are other kinds of success?
Yes.
Do you value other kinds of success such as family and friends?
I think you're successful as long as your helping people. It's just the environment I grew up in that gave me these definitions.
I have 2 scenarios for the future: I travel the world poor and see so many places and I'm enriched because of it. The other is about security - the traditional plan.
Would lack of security put you off travel?
It wouldn't be forever though - it's not a job. It's something that I would love to do.
Would you leave an unfulfilling job to travel?
I would do it. It's something I've always wanted to do, and it wouldn't be mundane like a job might. There wouldn't be the normal things like bills to take into consideration. There's this thing called 'work-aways', where local residents employs travellers to do things and in return you receive free accommodation and it majorly reduces costs.
What's your mantra for the future?
I always hear people saying to live for the moment, but I always have in the back of my mind what I'll be doing in 5 years time. Live for the moment, but the odds are your probably going to be living after the moment - so do something about it.
Thanks Ailish!
Tara x
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