Wrapped Up In Time

"Things come wrapped up in time, like the past in a present, or the perfect line in a song.
 They take their time, and when they're gone, they take their time with them..."

I recently went out for a lovely Thai meal with my sister and her daughter, and my niece got onto the subject of the different era's in our lives.
She spoke about dividing all of the different phases of her life into era's and asked me if I'd done the same.
Whereas she had clearly defined parts of her life, I felt that mine were more a case of a muddled collection of events which just merged into one another, or had naturally evolved.
When I thought about it a bit more deeply though, I reckoned my life so far could be defined into three general era's, which is pretty loosely described as follows:

Era#1 - Life & Work in West Sussex up until I moved away when I was 29.
Era#2 - My adventures, Travels & Nomadic Days from 30 - 42.
Era#3 - My current and ongoing existence as I try to make some plans & lay down some roots?

I actually think that I mark certain events and nostalgic moments down in other ways ~ which I shall discuss next time ~ and I do this by way of a permanent reminder.

My first two era's have been discussed already within my previous blog, 'A Spiritual Journey To Find A Home', which can be found using the attached link: http://aspiritualjourneytofindahome.blogspot.com/

I don't tend to compartmentalise my life if I can help it, as in a similar vein to the theme to this previous blog, I feel that my life is one long continual journey.
Part of how my niece constructed her era's was by unpacking all of her possessions once she had returned to the UK after living for three years in Japan, and by going through old photographs, and relating these items to different parts of her life in a rather nostalgic way. As I've already discussed in 'Mr Minimalistic's Inventory', I an unable to do this as I haven't had the luxury or ability to accumilate belongings, and this due to the nature of my existence in Era#2.

As for Era#3...well, I try to live in the present and not dwell on the past, although obviously I do have some very fond memories, and I also have one eye on the future too.
In six months time I hope that events will conspire to realise another one of my dreams, but in the meantime I know it's important not to waste time and concentrate in living in the 'now'.
Some people say you should stop and smell the roses, but I prefer you should stop and smell the coffee!
Now, where's my Costa latte? Lol.

Ramblin' Steve