Age and time are funny things. I don't understand either one or how they work together (or against each other).
I am the third child of four. We're all four years apart (by accident, but it makes it easy to remember ages!).
When my baby brother graduated middle school, I graduated high school, and my brother was finishing up college. Talk about good timing, huh? Hahaha...
Anyways, we've all grown up now. My baby brother started college yesterday. The house is empty and my parents are starting a new phase in their lives.
I have been transitioning from college student to working adult...it's still in progress (but I did buy my own tires-I know that sounds silly, but I'm proud of myself for doing that!). And yet, sometimes it's when I'm at work that I feel the youngest I do. Maybe it's because I'm reminded of how much I really don't know? But isn't it possible that as people, we are constantly being reminded of how much we really don't know? (Hmm...I feel another blog post swirling and forming in my brain, but I digress...back to the point!)
Out of all the changes happening, the thing that made me feel the oldest was realizing how old my older brother is turning. How ironic, right? Usually, older people make someone feel younger. Not me! I have no idea why it makes me feel old. It's nothing dramatic. It's not a big birthday like 30 or 50 or anything. It's not a major change, like having a first grandchild in the family. Been there, done that already. I'm an aunt to a fun nephew and cute niece. So why do I feel so old over a simple, regular birthday? And not even my birthday at that?!
Who knows? I don't have an answer. Maybe others around me have experienced this strange phenomena.
So I wonder, have others around me figured out why some things make us feel old and why some things don't?
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