More and more of my friends are getting married and having babies
My metabolism has slowed and my beer gut has increased.
I've found more and more of my friends are acting more like adults than "young adults".
What do I mean my adults vs. young adults? Especially when I was young I felt that when you hit 18 you can imediately call yourself an adult! However I look back at myself then and my friends now who are a few years younger than me and I see that limitless energy that I once had. Where has it gone? Can I ask it to come back to me? Or will it leave me forever like a jilted lover?
Now for those people out there who feel that I have unfairly labeled them adults when they will prefer to the young adults still - I'm sorry.
Anyway back to the story.
This weekend I went to a "training day" for my martial art. We call it a gup clinic but you get the picture. we were up at 6.30 or there abouts and we were done training at 5pm. So all in all it was a long day playing with swords and throwing kicks into mid air! There was about 150 people there training and I would say that close to 50 or more made it out to a picnic afterwards. And this is where I started to see the youth divide. Some of the young adults were still pumped from the day. Although still tired, they had energy to burn. Then there were some of slighly older friends who while still being active - were deceidedly less buzzing with energy. The more I think about it, the more I feel like an adult, 8 years on from when I first started thinking this. Was I wrong back then? Am I wrong now? The more mistakes I make and the more I learn, I could see how I could feel myself becoming more of an adult. Maybe being an adult is a completely subjective thing like appreciation of a photograph. One of the many things I know about my friends is that being an adult is more a choice than anything. Some retain that youthful energy long past me and there are others who have chosen a calmer route.
Youthful Energy
Tranquil Adulthood
Tranquil Adulthood
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