I've just turned 35 Hoang and I feel all the pressure. I guess it's understandable, though, and ok provided there's a part of us fighting back that sense of dread and failure. Adult life sucks. There's no day passing by without me wondering how can I change the course of my existence, to make it more true to myself. I tend to perceive time as a "before" and "after", which gives me anxiety because the now is rarely taken into consideration, and when it is it's in the form of a decision that's going to depend on the before and impact the after. The good thing is, as i turned 30 I discovered the sweet concept of "process" where time is fluid, evolving and ripe in possibilities and learning opportunities, rather than consequences. So, yeah, time for me is process now, I guess.
Thank you for asking this question, surely an important one.
Feb 22, 2022·edited Feb 22, 2022Liked by Hoang Samuelson
So 37 right ? I will be 74 what a coincidence, does it make sense? NO. It doesn't have to make, when you get to 74 you learn that it doesn't have to make sense.
What comes to mind when thinking about time? "Let it be" by The Beatles, and Ouroboros the cycle of life, you are born to die according to the Stoics. Some say that we live only once, I think it is a mistake. We die once but we live every single day! So let's have the best day every day.
How do I feel about getting older? Great! I think that my best birthday was 50 when I stop worrying about getting older, but since then I have learn that you never stop learning.
I've just turned 35 Hoang and I feel all the pressure. I guess it's understandable, though, and ok provided there's a part of us fighting back that sense of dread and failure. Adult life sucks. There's no day passing by without me wondering how can I change the course of my existence, to make it more true to myself. I tend to perceive time as a "before" and "after", which gives me anxiety because the now is rarely taken into consideration, and when it is it's in the form of a decision that's going to depend on the before and impact the after. The good thing is, as i turned 30 I discovered the sweet concept of "process" where time is fluid, evolving and ripe in possibilities and learning opportunities, rather than consequences. So, yeah, time for me is process now, I guess.
Thank you for asking this question, surely an important one.
So 37 right ? I will be 74 what a coincidence, does it make sense? NO. It doesn't have to make, when you get to 74 you learn that it doesn't have to make sense.
What comes to mind when thinking about time? "Let it be" by The Beatles, and Ouroboros the cycle of life, you are born to die according to the Stoics. Some say that we live only once, I think it is a mistake. We die once but we live every single day! So let's have the best day every day.
How do I feel about getting older? Great! I think that my best birthday was 50 when I stop worrying about getting older, but since then I have learn that you never stop learning.