adulthood

[kate_nepveu]

I generally don't feel old or even middle-aged (elementary-school kids are a good antidote to that, for me). But it seems appropriate to note the one time recently when I genuinely felt like an adult:

I finished T. Kingfisher's Summer in Orcus, in which Baba Yaga grants the eponymous Summer her heart's desire, and because I'm a daydreamer I set about deciding what my heart's desire would be. And after not very much thought, I concluded that the genuine wish of my heart . . .

. . . was to live in a post-scarcity society.

And that's when I said to myself, boy, I'm not even remotely a candidate to be the protagonist of an adventure novel any more. (Not that I ever was. But still.)

Comments

[thistleingrey]

Yeah, that sounds familiar. May you have your wish! I'd like it, too.

When I turned 36--which is not your current age, I know--I was working on a university campus and had the repeated reflection that not only was I double the age of the average inbound frosh, I could be their parent legally (no hypothetical statutory violation or whatever). Age of my own child notwithstanding, seeing young people everywhere daily took on a different cast. *shrugs* I think I'm just glad not to feel old yet from health issues?

[kate_nepveu]

Ooooh, yes, being around people of that age would definitely be a different dynamic!