Comment by WJW
1 year ago
I some times make the following observation:
When I was 15, I thought I had grown up quite a lot and looked back on my 10-year old self as someone who was just getting started.
When I was 20, I thought I had grown up quite a lot and looked back on my 15-year old self as someone who was just getting started.
When I was 25, I thought I had grown up quite a lot and looked back on my 20-year old self as someone who was just getting started.
When I was 30, I thought I had grown up quite a lot and looked back on my 25-year old self as someone who was just getting started.
Now that I'm 37, I think I have finally grown up and my 30-year old self was just getting started. But I recognize that my 42-year old self will probably look back on me and still see the same pattern.
6 years ago I was an idiot.
6 months ago I was an idiot.
Last week I was an idiot.
...
Glad I'm smarter now.