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From Ages 5 to 30, An Interview About Life

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From Ages 5 to 30, An Interview About Life

We all have a different perspective on life. We don't truly understand how much we've grown, developed, and changed until we put it into perspective by comparing ourselves to someone who still has their whole life ahead of them. That's why I interviewed a set of adults, ages 20-30, and asked the same questions to a five-year-old. Enjoy some perspective!

*Names have been changed.

Q: How old are you?

A: Haley: "20."

Max: "22."

Emmett: "23."

Jake: "30."

Paige: "5."

Q: How many hours a day would you say you spend on homework?

Haley: "A minimum of five."

Max: "Like three."

Emmett: "I spend 11 hours at work."

Jake: "Work-wise, maybe like like nine hours a day."

Paige: "A thousand, if that's correct."

Q: Do you have a job?

Haley: "Yes, I do - multiple jobs."

Max: "Yes, I have one lined up when I graduate."

Emmett: "Yes."

Jake: "Yup."

Paige: "A job? No."

Q: What is your job?

Haley: "I am a desk assistant, a resident assistant, and a student intern."

Max: "I'm a resident assistant, but I plan to start my job as a financial analyst after graduation."

Emmett: "I'm a recruiter."

Jake: "Residence hall director."

Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Haley: "Hopefully, an educator."

Max: "A good person."

Emmett: "A CHRO, a chief human resources officer."

Jake: "Some capacity in student affairs or working at a college, not quite sure yet."

Paige: "I wanna be a doctor and an artist and a singer and a teacher. That's it; that's what I wanna be."

Q: What do you need to do to get there?

Haley: "Graduate."

Max: "Try to make an impact on as many lives as possible in a positive way."

Emmett: "Go to grad school."

Jake: "Possibly get my PhD, but continue with different working experiences I guess."

Paige: "Well, you gotta work so hard to get that jobs."

Q: What's you favorite thing to do?

Haley: "Talk to people."

Max: "Talk to people and read."

Emmett: "Play video games."

Jake: "I like to read."

Paige: "Play normal games. Play normal games and play boy games."

Q: What's your favorite thing to eat?

Haley: "Pasta."

Max: "Steak."

Emmett: "Steak."

Jake: "Pasta."

Paige: "Pasta and tuna fish. Actually, pizza is my favorite food."

Q: What food do you hate?

Haley: "Mushrooms, I'm allergic to them."

Max: "Not a fan of carrots, don't know why. I'm allergic to milk, eggs, and peanuts."

Emmett: "Tomatoes."

Jake: "I guess spinach."

Paige: "Macaroni, I guess."

Q: What are you looking forward to?

Haley: "Being able to travel as an independent."

Max: "Graduating, living on my own, moving to the city."

Emmett: "Quitting my job."

Jake: "Looking forward to the weekend or Thanksgiving."

Paige: "Everything."

Q: What are you scared of?

Haley: "Dying"

Max: "Deterring someone from following their dreams."

Emmett: "The dark."

Jake: "Losing family members."

Paige: "Vampires. I'm scared of the dark. Even I'm scared of when I'm alone."

Q: Favorite TV Show?

Haley: "Grey's Anatomy."

Max: "Sopranos."

Emmett: "Scrubs."

Jake: "The Office."

Paige: "Sleeping Beauty."

Q: Favorite movie?

Haley: "A Beautiful Mind."

Max: "Games of New York."

Emmett: "Gladiator."

Jake: "Miracle."

Paige: "Strawberry Shortcake."

Paige's 4-year-old brother: "POWER RANGERS."

Q: Where do you see yourself in ten years?

Haley: "Hopefully with my family."

Max: "As a father with children, with a family."

Emmett: "The Senior director of Human Resources somewhere."

Jake: "I guess still working in the field, happy."

Paige: "Everywhere. I'm gonna be a grown up. I'm gonna be bigger."

Q: Worst day ever?

Haley: "Any day where I wake up feeling immediately rushed."

Max: "When I lost a close family member."

Emmett: "A lot of effort and no reward."

Jake: "When everything goes wrong, even the little things."

Paige: "When I don't get candy."

Q: Best day?

Haley: "When I get to take a nap without worries. When I can just be like, 'I think I'll nap now,' and that's OK."

Max: "Hanging out with my friends all day."

Emmett: "When everything is going really well. When I have a lot of effort and it turns out well."

Jake: "Medium temperature, it could be raining or might not be. Just get to do whatever comes to mind, not having a set schedule per say."

Paige: "Kindergarten."

Q: Anything else you wanna say?

Haley: "Even though I get overwhelmed more often than I would like, I always try and look at the optimistic side of situations."

Max: "Someone is sitting in the shade today, because somebody planted a tree a long time ago. "

Emmett: "Impossible is nothing."

Jake: "Just keep swimming."

Paige: "Eggplant. Pollen. Penicillin."

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