What would Dennis be like in 10 years???

Well… I might be married. Might have 4 kids, and maybe a vasectomy. Enough joking around. Here’s what I want to be like in 10 years.

I want a one story house. What good are stairs when I get really old? And it feels good to have my kids run around the house knowing that there’s no staris to fall off on. I do hope I’m still the Dennis of today. I also want my kids to adopt my personality as well. A lot of people see me for my laziness, but it’s not just about laziness. Part of it is learning how to let go of things and setting your own priorities that are not really linked to any social norm.

It’s like when I have deadlines to meet in school. It looks like I’m procrastinating, but that’s just my way of relaxing. Worst case scenario, I end up re-taking a class. Have some fucking confidence in yourself. Why do you think you’ll fail a class? Keep thinking like that and you may end up failing. The only way to really fail a class is to not show up. If you go to class, you can at the very least pass. It’s that kind of thinking that relaxes me at school.

Will I have mountains of cash when I’m older? That doesn’t really matter. What kind of job will I have? Don’t know, but I’ll still be in San Jose. Money can really change my future for the better, but what can it really do? I’m not going to lie, money got me to and through college, but anyone can do that if they’re willing to work for it. I don’t want to be those crazy executive guys that work on a japanese schedule.

I want money to support my lifestyle, not my lifestyle being about money. A lot of people are telling me that my point of view will change as I get older. I’m hoping to prevent this. I don’t want to just watch my kids grow up. Who the hell does that? I want to be along side my children as they grow up. What I hate is when parents earn loads of cash and just go around paying for everything that their kids want. Reason why I hate this is becasue the children don’t learn to appreciate what you’ve done. You, as a parent, become the answer to any financial crisis, a credit card, and worse of all, a door mat.

I’d hate it if my children decided to walk the path of being a workaholic. Do you desire power so much? What will you do with this power? What can you accomplish? What is the power you would gain if you had loads of cash? Sure you worked hard to earn what you got, but how does your family feel not seeing you around? “Your presence will be in the family.” Fuck that shit. You can argue about your actions being for the benefit of everyone’s future, but it won’t be recognized in the process.

I don’t really care for guys that have five Mercedes or Corvettes in their 4 car garage. It doesn’t make their dick size any bigger. Plus those things are not part of my keys to happiness.

I’ll still get the vasectomy when I get older. Knowing me, I might have a bunch of accidental kids. If that happens, them my lifestyle will be money. Since I’ll love my wife so much, my nanny will be very ugly. In short, I want my children to have a balanced lifestyle. Keyword is balanced, not lazy, not workaholic. I’m not going to make my kids get straight A’s in college. Starting is very easy. The hardest part of school is finishing, which is more important. You can’t graduate if you don’t finish. Myself and my wife will probably both be working, and as we get older, we will equally mooch off of our kids. By the time my kids grow up, we will have them trained to value family. To them, care for the parents will not be because “we are your parents.” They will care for us because the genuinely want to. I’d be an asshole if I made my kids take care of me.