my mom, who finally found maybe not happiness but contentment
maybe a sex change or a move to Paris.start with a small project:adopt a kid (á la Madonna) or learn a new craft. I'm taking a cake-decorating course right now, and I'm enjoying it a lot.
Kudos to your mom for finding contentment (which is a word). Reminds me of my mom, who is slowly approaching her 60s and she is truly finding contentment and finding herself in the process. After my grandmother passed away my mom changed. Her outlook on life changed for the better.
I'll pass on the sex change ('cause being a woman is sooo much better than being a smelly boy), would love to move to Paris but fear the French might throw a baguette at my head and I'll leave the baby adopting to Madonna and all the celebrities that want to change the world by taking in one baby at a time.
The cake-decorating course sounds like fun. I've actually looked into it for me and my daughter. She loves baking and I think this would be a good "bonding" time for us.
As for babysteps, well I've started, sort of. I signed up to be a Scouts Leader for my son's Boy Scout troop. I just started this past Monday. Was tons of fun. I'm looking forward to the camping and different fieldtrips.
@ Colo, I'm also pretty apprehensive about my kids' teenage years. Those are the years they rebel and hate you. *sigh*
Althought I've managed to reduce my expression lines using facials, Emu Oil etc.
I still find those fakkin kids that call me "sir"....
Other than that i feel more confortable these last years than when i was younger...I've learned to know me and accept me how I am...I've learned to combine clothes (finally) and I've learned how to neutrilize and eliminate those ppl that are useless in muh life...
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Growing older is not a problem for me. I accept it and have actually enjoyed these last few years more than when I was a teenager. As a teen it was all about fun...although alot of it was useless fun. The last few years though it seems that I have also had fun and most importantly fulfillment. The purchase of a home, a marriage, and travel have done that for me.
This thread is inspired by my friend's MSN nick. It reads:
"So scared of getting older, i'm only good at being young"
We're all in different stages in our lives, some of us have just gotten engaged or married, others are welcoming a new baby or trying to understand their 8yr old, while some of us are getting divorced or starting a new job. All these changes happen because we're getting older. It's inevitable. Are YOU scared of getting older? Are you scared of the changes? Of getting older? Are you embracing the changes? How are you coping?
I'm at a point in my life that I NEED a change. I'm married, have kids, have a job but I'm at a point where I'm saying "what NOW". Not in a complaining sort of way but in a "how can I challenge myself".
I looooooove growing older. I was different from your friend in that I wasn't great at being young. I had tons of fun, but I was also very confused. I think also, because of my mom, who finally found maybe not happiness but contentment (if that's a word?) in old age, I kinda look forward to that. I am slowly becoming someone that I really, really like, and without the challenge of "looking good" but "feeling good" instead, I think it's made a hell of a difference in my life.
But I totally understand what you mean about needing a change every once in a while. I have everything that you mentioned, but like you, I am always trying to find ways of challenging myself. It helps that I've always been the kind of person that tries to juggle 2 or 3 things at a time, and sometimes it gets overwhelming, but to me, it just proves that you're not dead yet. Like you, right now I'm trying to find a different line of work. I'm even thinking of going back to school. I don't know, maybe a sex change or a move to Paris. I'm just kidding. I would say, start with a small project: adopt a kid (á la Madonna) or learn a new craft. I'm taking a cake-decorating course right now, and I'm enjoying it a lot. Next I will be getting involved in a political party. See what I mean? baby steps. Let me know how it goes.
For me is a process ,.. what does growing older mean?? age?? responsabilities??? as individuals we make choices in our life,. and those choices bring changes,.. the "bad" thing about some of us is that we do not realize that,.. we are so used to being the way we are that we do not see what can the future bring,. the possibilities,. the pros and cons,. so when they come,. it s a surprised for us,... and then some of us strugle to assimilate them,.
Everything has a root,.. for example as Colombiana4life said about her daughters' teen years to come,. I am sure that those years will be the result of their early years,. so she can have an idea of those ,. and can make choices NOW to be able to assimilate the changes in the future,. Just my opinion,.
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It's true, a lot of the changes we go through and the mentality we use to approach them are usually related to our age. My uncle has this saying "mas sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo". Age does bring about knowledge and it lets you view life in a whole new aspect which you may not have seen when you were younger. I remember I used to think that at this age things would be a certain way, id be completely stable and pretty much everything would be set. Funny how a lot of episodes in life can change that. I am not necessarily worried about getting older for myself but more for my kids. I know its part of life, but I just sit there and start thinking about my kids when they hit their teenage years, etc. and its just so much to take in.
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This thread is inspired by my friend's MSN nick. It reads:
"So scared of getting older, i'm only good at being young"
We're all in different stages in our lives, some of us have just gotten engaged or married, others are welcoming a new baby or trying to understand their 8yr old, while some of us are getting divorced or starting a new job. All these changes happen because we're getting older. It's inevitable. Are YOU scared of getting older? NO Are you scared of the changes? WELL KIND OF IN A WAY Of getting older? Are you embracing the changes? yes How are you coping? WELL DAY BY DAY
I'm at a point in my life that I NEED a change. I'm married, have kids, have a job but I'm at a point where I'm saying "what NOW". Not in a complaining sort of way but in a "how can I challenge myself".
This thread is inspired by my friend's MSN nick. It reads:
"So scared of getting older, i'm only good at being young"
We're all in different stages in our lives, some of us have just gotten engaged or married, others are welcoming a new baby or trying to understand their 8yr old, while some of us are getting divorced or starting a new job. All these changes happen because we're getting older. It's inevitable. Are YOU scared of getting older? Are you scared of the changes? Of getting older? Are you embracing the changes? How are you coping?
I'm at a point in my life that I NEED a change. I'm married, have kids, have a job but I'm at a point where I'm saying "what NOW". Not in a complaining sort of way but in a "how can I challenge myself".
Roses are red violets are korny, when I think of you Ohh baby I get horny...
