Hi Lynn,

Welcome to you! and thanks for your warm welcome:-)

I'm glad you survived that awful accident. I'm also glad you came out of lurking here and shared your extraordinary story:-) I can't imagine what it would be like to lose all past memory, even for just a day.

I look forward to getting to know you too!

Best wishes,
Barbara

Best wishes,
Barbara

> Your message really inspired me... and it
> has motivated me to *take action*.

> I had a thought - just a fleeting thought,
> mind you - when I was 19 years old. Not long
> after I turned 29, I had the very same
> thought again. This time it didnt leave me,
> but rather stuck in the back of my mind for
> quite some time - during which I remembered
> the very moment it originally came to me,
> ten years before.

> As a side note, I was in a near fatal
> accident in '94 (at the age of 20) and
> suffered regressive memory loss - it wasnt
> until 6 or 7 years later that I began to
> remember bits and pieces of my childhood, or
> anything at all before the wreck. To be able
> to remember having a thought... and how I
> felt... and where I was when I had that
> thought... every little detail down to my
> surroundings and the time of day... added
> weight and clarity to the importance of this
> particular "thought".

> It was from that point that I began to
> devise my "ten year plan". All of
> a sudden I had *purpose* in life - a renewed
> energy, and a very positive outlook. It
> changed me, and it changed the way that I
> think.

> Ten years from now... I know where I will
> be. Who I will be. And why. -- And I feel
> fortunate to have been given the gift of
> this insight.

> I have never shared the details of this
> "ten year plan" with anyone - in
> full. I have eluded to it, have discussed
> bits and pieces with a small number of very
> close friends... but I've never truly -
> openly - shared it.

> I still dont know for sure if I want to
> disclose every detail. Perhaps I hesitate
> because it makes me accountable. Or maybe I
> worry that it will taint the outcome. Or...
> (fill in the blanks).

> I turned 30 in June. Its been just over a
> year now. There isnt a day that goes by that
> I dont ask myself "What are you doing
> today to work towards your Ten Year
> Plan?". I know all too well how quickly
> ten years can (and will) pass.

> Thank you for your words, Dien. Now, more
> than ever, I feel compelled to share this
> plan... I'm going to copy this post into my
> Business Journal, and expound on it from
> there.

> I would also like to Welcome you, Barbara
> :-)
> I lurk here often, but havent posted until
> now. I look forward to getting to know you -
> and everyone here - and participating,
> instead of just reading ;)