We Are Exactly 5 Years Away from 10/20/30 — How Is That Possible?
In this video, Dr. Justin Baeder reflects on the passage of time and what it means for long-term planning in education.
Key Takeaways
- Time moves faster than we think - Long-term goals feel distant until suddenly they're not
- Plan accordingly - Educational initiatives that require years of implementation need to start now
Transcript
Exactly five years from today, the date will be 10-20-30.
Today is 10-20-25, October 20th, 2025.
And it doesn't seem possible that 2030 is only five years away to me because I'm still kind of stuck in that mindset of like 1980 was 20 years ago, but it wasn't.
And I don't know if this happens to you.
Like, do you have a couple of anchor years that that just you kind of never let go of?
Like, is that a shock to you that in five years, it'll be 10, 20, 30?
Let me know what your anchor years are.
I think I'm getting to the point where I recognize that like, okay, it's actually 2025.
And we are actually rocketing toward the middle of the century.
And I hope to see that certainly.
But how crazy is that?
10, 20, 30.
Let me know what you think and let me know what you have as your anchor years that are impossibly far in the past but seem like they were like much more recent.
Let me know.