Perhaps I spoke in haste. It's true--I do have a life, and the time I spend on allnurses is just a small but valued part of it. Also, I can multitask--even as I write this, I'm burning breakfast, and after some crispy eggs and over-easy bacon, I'm going to check the WV Bird List and get outside to enjoy the nice weather.
It is a bit sobering to compare what my 50 y.o. self considers a full and rewarding life to my memories of my 20 y.o. self. Still, sobriety has its advantages. Indeed, if I reflect honestly, I suppose I'd have to say I spent much of my youth not so much living a life as pursuing one, whereas I am now living the life I caught. Only nostalgia makes the frustrations of youth seem preferable to the contentments of middle age. Somewhere along the way, it occured to me that maturity is the ability to distinguish between fun and happiness. That, and that today's modern woman isn't usually all that impressed by one's ability to drink lots of beer.
Call it wisdom, or call it diminished expectations: a younger me would have thought my life, today, would be incredibly boring, but in my youth I was bored much of the time, and today I almost never am. Who has the time to be bored?
Last edited by nursemike : May 23, 2007 at 09:59 AM.
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