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young no longer

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2014.06.19

There was a time when I was young; I recognize that those days are long over. I noticed this photo of myself, taken while in Fiji shortly before my 29th birthday. I forwarded it to some coworkers, all in their late twenties to mid-30's. One of the older ones said that he would never have guessed that it was me. I told him, "Let this be a cautionary tale."

I can't really complain. That was 14 years ago, more than 1/3 of my life!

rand()m quote

Work is about a daily search for meaning as well as daily bread; for recognition as well as cash; for astonishment rather than torpor; in short for a sort of life, rather than a monday-to-friday sort of dying.

— Studs Terkel