The saying goes, "The future is now."  A list was recently compiled of nine things that are projected to become obsolete in our lifetime.  This list includes everything from technology to forms of banking to the abstract.

Take a look at the list, and before you think that it will never happen take some time and recall things like the cassette tape, the floppy disk, and beepers.

1. The Post Office: Email, FedEx and UPS have wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep most post offices alive and running.
2. The Check:  Britain is already planning to do away with the check by 2018.
3. The Physical Newspaper: Our younger generation doesn't read the paper and certainly aren't subscribing either.
4. The Physical Book:  Kindle or Nook anyone?
5. The Land Line:  Ring, Ring!  Hey everyone...pick up your CELL PHONES.
6. Music:  The industry is dying a slow death with profit margins steadily decreasing.
7. Television: Revenues to the networks are down and cable rates are steadily skyrocketing forcing people to stream from their computers.
8. The "Things You Own": Many of our possessions will eventually become stored in our virtual cloud or on a hardrive.
9. Privacy: This has been gone for quite some time now, but how long do you think it will take the public to finally take notice?