Of all the pleasures of a self-directed semi-retirement the joy of not suffering the futility of annual appraisement interviews ranks quite highly. In fact never having to engage in the whole silly game of being appraised with questions like the one below, simply to tick a box, is fabulous.

What will your life be like in three years?

The tool of appraisal, feedback and goal setting in the right hands and minds should be a positive interaction in the workplace. If only such things could be honest, organic conversations. Hopes and ambitions  shared in either direction shared with no judgement with the aim of increasing well being and contentment.

We all lie because honest uncertainty never ticks the box.

The joy of being human is that none of us can predict what our lives will be like in three minutes time let alone 3 years.

On Saturday whilst doing a very regular car journey, and while stopped by a red traffic light, a boy racer lost control of his car and skidded backwards towards me. His car stopped 3 yards from mine and he sped off. Nothing happened. In the 3 seconds or so when I was certain he would crash into me I knew my time would be up. But it wasn’t, the red light changed and I drove off.

What will my life be like in three years? I have no idea, and that is just fine with me.