What if I told you, I’d move to Florida after being born and raised in Nebraska all my life? Or that I’d lose to my rival 21 straight races? Or my high school GPA would be a 2.73? What if I told you I’d be single still at 30, but happier than I ever have been?!
I’ve been blessed with 30 incredible years on this planet. To truly put that in perspective, that’s 10,950 days! That blows my mind to think about. How many of those days have been slept sleeping? Or driving to events and my career? What about watching tv and gaming on my game consoles? How many of days have I have smiled or laughed? Here’s a fun one, how many of those days did I eat breakfast? Can you tell I like data and statistics?
Nonetheless, I’m so lucky to have made it to my thirties! To be honest… I haven’t been looking forward to them. Mostly because I’ll likely be considered old now and I don’t want to be old… yet. My body will continue to slow down, and more aches and gray hairs will appear more often. I got to admit, I’m feeling old, but that’s likely just the grind of the school years as lots of teachers are feeling exhausted this time of the year.
But who am I kidding? I’m Jordan Potrzeba! Today, in my THIRTIES I just ran the longest run of my life: 20 miles, averaging a 6:43 pace. I didn’t do that in my twenties. And in 34 days I’ll run my first marathon! Tomorrow, I’ll likely stand on a table and run around with my wonderful students. I’ll still run down the walkway to school and skip stairs going up to my classroom. See! I’m still young! “Repeat Jordan: I’m still young.”
Who knows what else will happen this decade? But for fun let’s make some predictions. I predict I’ll own a dog or cat by the end of this decade. I’ve been wanting a pet for companionship for years. (My gut says it’ll be a dog.) My second prediction: I’ll visit the last 13 states on my list this decade. I’m so close! With my third prediction, I predict I’ll trade in my beloved Ford Mustang for another car. Man, I love that car! My fourth prediction: I’ll be moving out of Florida within this decade. I love the fun I’m having in Florida more than ever, but I’ve been itching to move closer to my family. Shhhh! Don’t tell them. My final prediction: I believe I’ll fall in love with my soulmate and start living my life with them.
If my twenties were any indication, I’m clueless what will happen in my life. That’s perfectly okay. I like it like that. It’s never about my plan, but rather God’s plan. I’ll follow it wherever He leads me. It won’t always make sense at the time, nor will I even realize what’s happening in the moment at times. But I’ll follow His plan.
So here’s to writing daily journal entries …and blogs (Are you happy now? LOL), hopefully living for another 3,650 days (10 years), going on more hikes, chasing finish lines, playing video games, watching The Challenge and Survivor, being in the best job in the world (education), driving my mustang with the windows down, drinking Baja Blast Mountain Dew, finding the love of my life, reading books, winning Putt-Putt Golf and Bowling, traveling, enjoying life with my current friends while making ones, and experiencing the most awesome decade of my life! Let’s go! It’s going to be the BEST DECADE EVER!
