65. It’s a big old age to think about when you’re my age, 15. I’ve got another 50 years before I have to feel 65 and I’m going to cherish those years because when I do get to the age of 65 I’ll be hopefully retiring with a good pension and going to live on a mountain villa in Italy, however something tells me this will not happen in any place other than my head. Why? Because At the rate our countries going in this day and age I’ll be lucky to retire at 70 let alone at 65 and I just won’t be moving to the Alps to a villa because that’s just not me, but it’s my generalised way of thinking as, to be honest, I don’t want to think about it for too long because dwelling on it would waste my valuable social life (It’s blossoming).
If I’m going to let my immature side out I would say that when I’m 65 I think there will be flying cars and people will ride around on hover bikes but then I click back to reality and say “Niall, snap out of it and act your age” but who does? If I think maturely (yes I have got the capacity) about what I would like the world to be like when I’m 65 would be to have an increased rate of peace between different types of people and different nations and I would like stereotyping to be reduced to a minimum within the youth generation as, it’s chronic at the moment and, we say we allow individuality, but, like a lot of things people say these days, it’s a lie.
There are many things I would love to do before I reach the ‘old’ age of 65 such as tour around the world with my band because we will make it big (don’t any of you say “don’t get ya’ hopes up love” because that would ruin my thunder and at this age I’m allowed to have wild far fetched, exaggerated dreams like that, thank you). Another thing I would like to do is generally live my life to the full ,within means obviously, but just to have fun and I hope to say, at my 65th birthday party, “I have had a brilliant life (so far) and I’ve done most of the things I really wanted to do and I have no regrets”. And I hope that all of the people reading this can say that, but if you can’t do not fret because I think you should get out there, let your ‘young at heart’ side out, and do all those things you want to because if you don’t, you will regret it.
The job which I would like to retire from at 65 (speaking hypothetically about the age) is being a respected foreign correspondent for BBC News, and loved for my much amusing column in the guardian newspaper and my widely listened to radio show specialising in 20th century rock’n’roll (way before my time, believe me I know that, but much loved by me and my Ipod (which is a portable music player to fill you in as it wasn’t around when you were young)). So you could say that I have a very clear view of what my career product will be but when you’re my age, you don’t care about much apart from music and girls so it’s ok for us to have these dreams, It keeps our minds at ease from the threat of the ever – worsening job market, so that’s a good thing, and they are do – able but everything will have to go well and I will have to work at it (yes I did say work, it’s a hard prospect but I’m slowly latching on).
So there you go, that’s my perspective of When I’m 65 which is a crystal clear dream to me but a blurred exaggerated idea to everyone else and you know what, I don’t care.
Thank you. Have a great life.
