While I’ve been home for the holidays, I’ve had the chance to reconnect with some old friends from high school and college. As he watched me wash some dishes (useless), a college friend made the comment that “being an adult is weird, but also nice.” You meet people from earlier walks of life who knew a specific slice of who you are, and now you’re kind of a different person but you also still have that same slice within you? Bizarre!
A few days before, a high school friend told me “Life just keeps getting better and better”. I think I agree with both of my friends. Each chapter of my life, COVID aside, has been a rewarding step forward filled with even more love and joy. I really remember thinking after I graduated college in 2020 (during what felt like the End of the World) that I would never have fun anymore and that the best parts of my life were behind me. People idolize their high school and college years and I completely see why. After that point, they lose a sense of community, they stop growing, and they stop having fun. As an adult, you have to fight for these things every day. Post COVID, I think I’ve figured out to do that. Complacency and disillusionment will eat you alive, and I’m so happy to have learned that while fighting for community, growth, and fun is a hard fight, it’s also a joyful one.
One thing I know for certain is this: they
say that men’s brains don’t completely mature until age 25/26 and I absolutely
feel that. I think over the last year or so, I’ve finally become a more
complete version of myself with a stronger sense of identity and purpose. And
what a frickin relief. Like, wow. It’s so over for you guys.
Things that used to scare me don’t frighten
me anymore. I finally feel like I have the tools to achieve what I want and to
overcome the obstacles in my way. Are you shaking in your boots? You should be.
Thought I was annoying before? Wrong. Incorrect.
Thanks for reading!
Rudolph
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