Introduction:
If I had a picture of myself on this laptop from when I was a kid, I do not think that there would be much change if I were to compare it to a picture of myself now. Now, I am guessing unlike others, I am going to take a different route on the way I approach this topic. Obviously, I am very different in the sense of physical attributes and the way I view the world, but those are naturally occurring as people get older and mature.
Background/Personal:
I wanted to spend some time discussing myself as a kid and the way I perceive myself currently. Saying it straight up, I have noticed minimal change. Diving into that thought, I despise the thought of growing up scares me you are young once. I have asked a lot of my friends if they would go outside and hangout, and so many kids these days are "too cool" for that, not realizing that when you are young, the sky is the limit. I took/ am still taking advantage of this fact, even though I am 19 years old. I really do believe in the fact that age is just a number, thus we should all enjoy life the same no matter our age. Currently, I am on of those kids who wants to stay with their parents for as long as I can, I am homebody and personally do not see the need to venture out. The things that have changed from when I was 10 years old as compared to now are very slight. I may be 6 feet tall and weigh more, and I may have a deeper voice, or I may be able to drive a car, but who I am as a person, has not changed at all. Thus, the reason to why I am saying that I am the same person I was 9 years ago. Again, the physical and mental changes come along naturally, we cannot prevent them, hence why I am saying that I have not changed much.
Consequences of Maturing?:
Obviously, the number one consequence of maturing is that each day we live, the closer we are to death. This is not to sound grim, but it is the truth. Once we were all born, the next day we already began the dying process.
I like this diagram, as I believe it is a simple, yet great depiction of the ways in which we mature as humans, and how we begin the dying process very early on. As for memory and responsibility, when we get older into the late teenage years and early 20's, we are almost forced to have a greater responsibility. For instance, when I was 10 years old, I did not have much responsibility, but now I do, but not by choice. As for memory, eventually when I am very old, my memory about when I was kid will probably not very effective, but currently, I can still remember who sat next to me in my fourth grade classroom.
Closing Remarks:
Am I scared of death or to grow older?
The answer is simple: At times, I feel sad, but to the point, I am not scared at all.
Hi Andrew,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading this blog post. You gave me an insight to your personality and took a different route of saying that little has changed from when you were 10. I agree with your closing remark about death. I believe that we live in a culture that teaches us to be scared on death. However, living in the fear of death is contradictory to why we fear death in the first place. We fear it because we believe that after life there is nothing else. There is not another chance to experience our earthly desires, but if you think about it, the more we fear death the more our lives becomes restricted and cyclical.
Hi Andrew!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog. I found it interesting how you considered your self the similar to when you were 10. I had the opposite thought and thought I had changed a lot. I mena obviously I still look the same But I think I have matured over the years and mentally am very different then I was 10 years ago. Its crazy that your memory is so distinctive that you can remember who you sat next to in 4th grade. Im sure if I thought real hard maybe I could but I feel like my memory is really bad LOL. last thing, I really like your closing remarks! I feel like people are either scared of dying or just the future in general!
Hi Drew,
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if it might be useful to draw a distinction between 1) still feeling like a kid in someways and 2) being the same person you were when you were 10. Suppose that there is discontinuity in personal identity that occurs at age 13 (just assume this for the sake of argument)--that could be the case and as a `19 year old, you could still like hanging outside with your friends, living with your parents etc. See what I mean? So do you think that you are the same person you were when you were 10 and why?