January 27, 2010, 8:13 am
It is that time of year again, I made level 36 in Real Life.
I mentioned last year that I’ve never really felt like an adult, despite having been supporting myself for more than a decade. I always expected to feel more mature (somehow) after college or after marriage. I thought becoming a parent would finally be the change that did it, and I do feel more adult now, in some ways, but I’ve also come to appreciate my childishness more. Being a father has given me more responsibility, but it has also given me a chance to re-experience the world from a fresh perspective.
Now I’m off to enjoy my vacation day and play video games. Yup, I’m totally an adult.
January 27, 2009, 8:35 am
Today I ding level 35 in that Real Life game.
Every year in January as my birthday approaches I think about being older. More specifically I wonder when I’ll start to feel like an adult. I used to think that once I got out of college and got a job I would start to feel different. I actually asked my first boss about it (coincidentally he was 35 at the time) and he said that it wasn’t until you had kids. Marriage didn’t seem to make a difference either. Last October I celebrated the birth of my first child, so this year I can finally put that advice to the test.
Nope, I still feel the same. Not really a bad thing, I guess.
