yes, i do realize how silly this sounds
i feel like i'm behind on life.
so many of my friends are doing fabulous things, things that i've always wanted to do, and that i envision myself doing someday.
buying homes, gardening, buying cars (well, i'm still crossing my fingers that this can wait a looooong time, or forever), getting married, having children, actually being done with school.
and it just feels like everyone's ahead of me in the game of life!
[caveat: the last time i actually played the Game of Life, i commented on how ridiculously uniform it was...and how unrealistic...so i should certainly keep this in mind when feeling "behind"...)
and i know it's not a contest. it just feels like everyone else is more grown up, more "really an adult" than me.
i know that some of you reading this are still in school, so that helps a bit, knowing i'm not the only one!
perhaps this is the "i have so many papers to finish (and start?) that my brain is momentarily turning to mush and all i want is to be a normal 23 year old enjoying summer" mentality kicking in.
hm.
posted by sara without an 'h' @ 4:45 PM
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The last time we played the Game of Life, I was the first one done and you were rather far "behind". However, at the end of the game you had the most money, and that's what life's all about!
You may be behind in life, but you have a SSHRCC grant (is that the right abbreviation? (why is abbreviation such a long word?)).
I shall be in attendance at and participating in Convocation.
I will be reading a passage, not convocating.
I will be leaving for Toronto at 6:30 tomorrow morning.
This response is apparently very self-centered, and will lack context for anyone else who reads it.
i feel the same way sometimes, but then i talk to friends who got married, bought a house and car, and got a job after undergrad, and they question whether they settled down too early, they envy their friends who are doing phd's and in law school, etc. while they slave away at their 9-5 jobs, etc....so i guess the grass is always greener on the other side.
there's lots of lifetime left (as far as we know) to be a "settled down" adult. after one year of being such, i am so very ready to be back in school. i feel like my brain has been deteriorating and i've been losing hope at an exponential rate in the human race. perhaps that's just retail, but i myself am not ready for the 9-5 job and everything that goes with it. i'm not opposed to it, i just feel like right now, while i have the energy, ambition, and stamina for non-stop days and all-nighters, i want to learn and do as much as i can, things that a settled, committed life don't allow.
many may disagree, but this is a post of encouragement, for sara and myself, too, so they can just shut up.
Yeah Sara. Enjoy where you're at in life! If you're always wanting what you don't have... you'll never really get what you want.
Living as an adult is highly over-rated.
Just like owning a car.
Believe me, if I had any other choice, i wouldn't be buying this car.
we should do something soon.
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