15 years later

Creative Essay about where you’ll be in life in either 10, 15, or 20 years from now. Must be written in First Person narrative as if you are experiencing a particular day at that time.




I’m recording my daily life and this is a part of my day when I am 32 years old.

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Knock, Knock. Five seconds later, another knock. At the third time, I heard the sound and called out to come in. I was concentrating on the documents for next week’s case and I guess I was too tired to notice the knocking because I didn’t sleep for two days.

“Ms. Yoon, Mr. Lee sent you another file and he wanted to make an appointment with you this weekend. Should I say yes?”

My secretary looked just as tired as I was. Her face was pale and her hair was tied up into a messy ponytail.

“Sure and tell him to come by my office around four. I think I’m going to arrive by then. Sohee nodded and turned around to leave when I said

“Sohee? You should get some sleep. You don’t look so good and I don’t want my secretary to become sick or anything because of this case. Okay?”

She smiled her small but warm smile.

“You are the one who needs the rest. Why did you take this case anyway? You know it’s hard to win.”

I slowly stood up from my armchair and headed for the window and stood in front of it. The sky of the dawn was always a beautiful thing to see.

“I knew it, of course, but that man was a victim of poverty and ignorance. How could I leave such a person behind just because this trial would worth nothing for me? I’m defending him because that’s my conviction.”

I put on a smile and turned to face Sohee.

“Now go along and take some rest. After it, you can organize the files for me, will you?”

She quietly nodded again and left the room with a soft thud sound of the door. I sipped my coffee and stared into the new document I received.

Mr. Lee was accused of stealing the latest technology from Soul, the largest enterprise in Korea. He was a cleaner in the company and one day a man visited his house and asked him a favor, handing him a hundred million won and a member’s card. He simply had to go inside a room with the card and do some clicking on the computer. Mr. Lee never had seen so much money in one place and he didn’t think a few clicking would hurt anyone so he did and succeeded. However, the problem was that he was caught on the CCTV and the security guards ran into the room and grabbed him but it was too late. The technology was already sent to another company. Soul charged him to pay for the new technology and all the other damages he caused. Mr. Lee and I both admit that he was guilty of the crime but I thought the fine penalty should be reduced. This was the reason I grabbed his hand when he called for me. It was definitely a tough case because already seven people from Soul visited me and tried to hand me a fortune to stop defending Mr. Lee. Every time I refused and sent them all back. I wanted to follow my conscience no matter what and this case was trying hard to bother my conviction.

I pulled back the chair and closed my eyes. A terrible headache was killing me for days since I started to defend this man. I hadn’t taken a rest in years since I became a lawyer but about 2 hours later I was going to Guam. How could I rest when I have a case? I don’t know so don’t ask me. After the years I worked on various cases I learned that I should also spend some time on myself and not just work. Actually, this trip was planned a year ago and I was looking forward to it so I guess nothing could stop me from boarding on the plane. The special thing about this 3 day vacation is that my parents are going with me. I couldn’t spend much time with them after I started working and I longed for a time to be with my family and relax like the good old days. Plus, it was my parent’s wedding anniversary and it was a special gift from their only daughter. They were extremely thrilled when I told them the news a week ago and my mom started packing from the day I called. I really thank them for raising me and bearing to live with me and I always wanted to take them on a trip and give them happy memories. Well, anyway I should start packing all the files to take on my trip.

Date. 2026/4/10. Click.