Oddly Prepared

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    As a kid did you ever say or do something to prepare you for the future? This could be something people wouldn't normally think a kid would even think about. I'll give you a few examples of what I mean...

    My Grandparents would babysit me during the summer and it got to a point that I made sure I knew how to get to my Grandparents house incase something were to ever happen to my parents. Granted I may not have know street names very well at that time but I could point you in the direction you needed to go.

    Another one is my cousin is a financial advisor and took care of my parents retirement money. At the time I knew something was going on that I don't remember now what but I spoke up and said "If you need to use the money you have saved for me for college then use it." Again I don't know what made me even think to say that.

    The last one is kinda silly but as a kid I'm sure we all collected and hoarded Pokemon cards. I know I had that big red tackle box they made for you to carry your cards in. I know I carried all of my stuff in it when I would go to the Wizards of the Coast store to play Pokemon when they still had the clubs. Well when I knew we were going to have really bad storms I would put that tackle box in the basement incase something happened to the house either storm damage or a tornado hits the house. Not realizing how little the cards were worth I thought if I really had to I could sell my cards to get us a new house.

    But those are some of the odd and kinda silly preparations I had as a kid. I sometimes wish I could find out why I thought of these things.
     
    i am never prepared
    ever

    i am always the in hindsight person, which is kinda sad and i am smh at my past me's for not preparing for anything
     
    This overall answer is going to be quite dark but as a child, I had an extensive career progression plan too. I wanted to be a clinical psychologist from a young age after I went through an eating disorder at 10 where I couldn't eat for months due to severe anxiety. I think most children and myself included, would have never considered the importance of mental health at that age let alone dedicating their entire life to its treatment and support. It was my dream for years too but I changed my mind in the end and extensively planned out an entirely different career at 17. I'm not sure if I regret changing my mind but we'll see.

    Reflecting back on when I was a child, I saw a lot of people go through their own personal struggles with their mental health. Whether it was within my family or people I met online, I took the time to educate myself about how to best be supportive from a very young age and l prepared extensively on what I would do should it improve, worsen or reach a critical state. After an experience where a friend was suicidal when I was 12, I felt so inadequate in how much I could help them and morbidly thought about how I should prepare for next time if I ever met someone else who reached that point. What I would say, who would I get to help (would I call someone?) etc.

    On a less dark note, I also used to prepare for job interview questions as a child? I was 10 or 11 and had a scholarship interview for high school so I extensively practiced. I even had my parents critique my responses and give me feedback. It helped a lot I think - I sounded a lot more prepared and confident than I would have been had I not taken the time. Now at university where I do tons of interviews for either jobs, uni societies etc. I'm a lot calmer because I took so much time as a child to learn how to best articulate my response to a lot of the common questions. I think practicing also helped me understand my own personal values and skillset extremely well which helps a lot when adapting my responses for different types of organisations. :D
     
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