OMG Tyler, can I please tell you how happy I am to hear that I am not the ONLY one that feels this way?? I just turned 55 on the 21st, and still feel like everyone is more adult than I am. I often think of my parents at my age and think how vastly different they were at my age, and how I simply can't comprehend how they were so much more…
OMG Tyler, can I please tell you how happy I am to hear that I am not the ONLY one that feels this way?? I just turned 55 on the 21st, and still feel like everyone is more adult than I am. I often think of my parents at my age and think how vastly different they were at my age, and how I simply can't comprehend how they were so much more adult than I am. I am constantly looking up to others, much younger than myself, legitimately young enough to be my kids, as more adult than myself. I look to them for advice and assistance. I can't explain it. I wish I could. It's an odd phenomenon for sure, especially for someone that is often told has an old soul, and is very wise. How confusing is that, especially for this kid, stuck in an old lady's body. But there are also those times that I can look at a situation and say, "back in my day...", and some reality sinks in. Those moments are fewer and further apart. Time is a fickle thing. Maybe it is because it is just so much easier to leave it to others to be the adults and make the big decisions. Meanwhile, we can sit back and let them cut up our food into bite sized pieces, and just relax and enjoy.
It's such a beautiful relief hearing that others feel this way too! Also, happy birthday a few days late! I think what you said touches on a big truth...I look at others who were my age when I was young and I just feel like they were so much older, so much more mature. Then I look at me and I feel so far behind that. It's the comparison.
OMG Tyler, can I please tell you how happy I am to hear that I am not the ONLY one that feels this way?? I just turned 55 on the 21st, and still feel like everyone is more adult than I am. I often think of my parents at my age and think how vastly different they were at my age, and how I simply can't comprehend how they were so much more adult than I am. I am constantly looking up to others, much younger than myself, legitimately young enough to be my kids, as more adult than myself. I look to them for advice and assistance. I can't explain it. I wish I could. It's an odd phenomenon for sure, especially for someone that is often told has an old soul, and is very wise. How confusing is that, especially for this kid, stuck in an old lady's body. But there are also those times that I can look at a situation and say, "back in my day...", and some reality sinks in. Those moments are fewer and further apart. Time is a fickle thing. Maybe it is because it is just so much easier to leave it to others to be the adults and make the big decisions. Meanwhile, we can sit back and let them cut up our food into bite sized pieces, and just relax and enjoy.
It's such a beautiful relief hearing that others feel this way too! Also, happy birthday a few days late! I think what you said touches on a big truth...I look at others who were my age when I was young and I just feel like they were so much older, so much more mature. Then I look at me and I feel so far behind that. It's the comparison.