Feeling Better

[swestrup]

Today was another long day in which I couldn't muster the energy to do much, but it was improved by having a long chat with kalkuly.

I also just had a mini-revelation of a somewhat personal nature, but in essense it boiled down to my realization that I'm not too old for personal growth. I think part of my funk lately has been at least partly due to the fact that I turned 40 this year and I'm not yet the person I want to be. I've been thinking that most folks are fairly set in their ways by age 40 and it didn't seem likely I was going to change much after this. Today I realized that, despite this prognosis, I have been experiencing some slow but definite personal growth lately. I just hadn't noticed me making any progress on my various issues -- but that didn't mean there hadn't been progress.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_grey_knight/]

All of 40? Wow - you must be mostly dead by that highly advanced age. It would take a miracle for you to learn anything new....

(Kids these days - have the darndest ideas..... I say you're not old until you stop learning...so my plan is to never get old...)

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

I think Freud said you aren't even a fully-formed personality until you reach at least 50. So you have at least ten more years of growing.

[swestrup]

Yeah, but freud was a nutter.