My
favorite quotation: "While the astronauts, heroes forever, spent mere
hours on the moon, I have remained in this world for nearly thirty years. I
know that my achievement is quite ordinary. I am not the only man to seek his
fortune far from home, and certainly I am not the first. Still, there are times
I am bewildered by each meal have eaten, each person I have known, each room in
which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is
beyond my imagination." ~from the Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
is not the big 3-0
but I think it is important to celebrate every year of life. Someone told me
that 28 is the perfect age as you are not too old or too young. According to the Telegraph, women are most
happy at 28. I wrote before on the lessons of the 20s that I have learned so
far. I will reflect on something I am noticing. This past year so much went on
in my life and 27 has been an amazing ride. I have noticed changes in my
personality that I consider improvements and I credit them to my growth over
this year. I am not afraid of aging. In fact, I feel more confident as the
numbers increase. I noticed that I have let go of some of my neuroses and I am
much more comfortable and confident in myself. Never having been much of the
type of person to put things off until the ideal moment, I really jumped head
first into things this past year (job, moving, etc.) and I am continuing to do
that into my 28th. Let’s go into it shall we?
General
maturity seems to be a normal aspect of 28. In society’s eyes at 28, you're
still in the acceptable zone of single (even though I am not single), but time
is of the essence. Most of my good friends are in relationships or married and with kids.
I think that when you start hitting the late 20s, for some the idea of having
kids is not as gross as it used to appear (speaking for myself at least). I
have also grown a new found respect for family members as I imagined them at my
age and knowing we would have been friends. Thinking of how they were at 28
gives me a new take on what it is like for me. Most 28 year-olds are done with
college and have most likely had a job or two or three in the workforce. It has
taken me a while to get into the career grove even though I have been working
since I was an early teenager. I am now building and actually have career goals
and a somewhat tangible path towards them. In 2014 I will start by simply
finding a mentor. I learned I am a sensitive
person with a lot of grit and I don’t really like to show my sensitive side. I
love a good challenge and this year I challenge myself to even more personal
growth.
When
we are born we immediately learn 2 things: to cry and to smile. I do a lot of
both but mostly laughing, as it is infectious. At 28, my Quarter Life Crisis, happened
at and ended by mid-26. I made decisions a long time ago about the kind of
person I wanted to be and how I would live my life. So I am continuing to hold
nothing back. I know this year is going to be Ariel Version 28.0.
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