Comments on: We’re leaving everything behind

By: vanderwal

vanderwal — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:22:52 +0000

The reverse culture shock (mild or harsh) is one I am very familiar with, but I have come to realize I have many homes. I am home sick much of the time when I am what people traditionally call home, but that place for me now is my common point of origin for much of my travel. Home is where people I enjoy are, but rarely are they all in one place I am near, or aggregated in a place I am near.
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Aging… At 27 I was filled with fret of turning 30 and getting old. But, when I turned 40 (now 41) it was life changing. My view was no long, “I have time”, but “I have so much I want to do”. I became even more impatient and could not longer put up with not making use of my potential. It caused me to leave a comfortable, but boring job and strike out on my own to help others reach to get to better information products that worked better for people who want the information or media. I got tired of observing what was not going well and needed to be changed and saw my time as limited to actually work to make that change come to fruition.
Through my adult life my common salutation in person is “enjoy”, I really mean that every time I say it. If you do enjoy what you are doing in life (for those of us that are fortunate to be in that spot on the Maslow heirarchy) then you really need to focus on work and life that you enjoy. Make your passion your job. I realized I had not been taking my own advice and made that change. Looking at life as a shorter proposition than the journey behind scared me. I am less scared, but still look at a lot I want to accomplish.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:26:04 +0000

I always forget what age I am. It feels sort of disembodied when I do finally remember my age (36). For some reason, I think of myself as being no older than 32…But by turning 35 you are now old enough to run for President!

By: Simon Pride

Simon Pride — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:33:25 +0000

35′s easy. 40 was OK, 45 didn’t hurt. You are, literally, as young as you feel. Eat right, exercise, get enough sleep, be happy, keep your mind active and you’ll last forever.

By: bjanish

bjanish — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:13:00 +0000

I’ll see your 35 and raise you 5… I turn 40 in two weeks. I’m not freaking out about it at all, really. Maybe with five more years comes peaceful acceptance Acceptance is not resignation though… I’m looking forward to my 40s. In some ways it feels like the age I was always meant to be.