September 27, 2012

  • Are you the person you'd thought you'd be at this age? Why or why not?

    For me, this is an interesting question, since my birthday is just around the corner - literally hours away.  Being that I am a Libra (scales - always balancing everything) my answers always have a 'yes & no' quality to them for these big/thoughtful questions.  I like to look at many sides.

    In some ways I had little reason to think about me at 49.  No one thinks about what they'll be like when they are 50, unless they are in their 40s.  So on the one hand (say, up until my 30s), I am NOT the person I thought I'd be, because I couldn't even imagine it.  Not that I thought I'd be dead, but who the hell even thinks about that kind of thing when so young.  Fifty (ok, ok, 49) is just so, so... OLD; until you hang out with folks in their 70s like I do now, and then not so much anymore.  At that time, I was full of anxiety, stressed and full of angst.  Aside from that, I didn't have a thought, never mind a clue; I was trying to survive from day to day and didn't think about the future.

    But in some ways, I am exactly where I wanted to be, what I wanted to be - something I've striven for.  A decent mother.  A wife in a good relationship.  Contented... (Hmmm sounds like I'm cow-like here) dare I say, happy.  I've trained to do several things career wise, but not stayed with any of them.  A Jack/Jill of all trades, master of little.  I've decided not be filled with regrets and so I've done what I wanted.

    Normally I like to add humor to my posts but this was not done in that vein - maybe I'll forgo the Featured Question in the future.

    I just answered this Featured Question; you can answer it too!

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