Young Once…
Feel like you’re getting older all the sudden? That’s what Adrian feels today when finding himself surrounded by youngsters. I can understand where that’s coming from, but I have to disagree that I will feel the same…
Somehow I just don’t. When I see a pretty young face, I tend to think it lacks the sophistication. When I see the high level of energy, I thought mine was well spent over the past 10 years. Sometimes I even think I’m fortunate enough to have spent that 10 years the way I did, and many of these young kids might not even enjoy their next 10 years as much as I did.
And I’m not talking about spending the last 10 years just having fun. Neither am I talking about 10 years of work, work and only work. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, although all play and no work makes Jack a dumb boy. I’m talking about having a damn good work/life balance. Prior to the major imbalance stint I experienced last year, I must say I had my good share of fun while working smart. I’m not the brightest student or the employee of the month, but I constantly kept track of my short-term goals and long-term objectives, and rewarded myself upon each achievement with lots of parties and fun. And I mean some heavy-duty parties! Wink
When I felt I had enough of parties, I decided to settle down. So I got married. Now I’m enjoying the peaceful married life while bringing my career to a new level.
So do I find myself envious of the energetic young bods? Hardly. Everyone was young once. I had my share of younger days and these youngsters are having theirs… Been there, done that.
April 11 2008 10:56 am | deep
April 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
So true….
I am not ‘that’ old yet, but still… When I see my juniors in uni, I feel old, cos I’m their ‘senior’....
Dang…!
lol…
But I guess I’m maturing in my mind too…
That’s more important right?
April 12th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Yup, young = lack of sophistication. No denial. I would prefer sophistication over youngness. What I meant by feeling old is that when you are surrounding by thousands of 20 years old, remembering the good old days of university, and reflecting on life experiences that we had to go through; work, more work, relationship (or in my case, failure in relationship), all that crap, sometimes it is just tiring, exhausting, and damn annoying. With all these feelings mixed together, I just feel old, as in “mature and sophisticated” compare to these youngsters
April 12th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Take it the other way, brother… With all your experiences, you will handle situations better. That’s a good thing.
Every life history is a good learning experience for the future…