New job, new town, new experiences, new something.
It takes a while to get used to new, even when you force feed it to yourself in small doses periodically.
This time around, the new is Atlanta and school.
"Everyone, please welcome the girl who can't get enough of new."
This time around, the new is Atlanta and school.
"Everyone, please welcome the girl who can't get enough of new."
"Hi there girl who can't get enough of new."
"Hi everybody."
It's weird being in a new metropolitan sphere after recently spending four years in a place where I was typically the youngest person in nearly any given crowd.
Now, in school at least, I feel like one of the oldest ones, even though I'm not really that old in the grand scheme of age in Atlanta itself - recent birthday aside.
October seems to be a popular month for birthdays. For many, the feeling of growing older is - depending on age - either not enough or much too new.
I met a girl, or shall I say, a young woman, yesterday during church, who said she newly turned 29 and feels old compared to her other friends.
"It's the oldest I've ever been," she said.
I was amused at that comment.
"Just wait until next year," I said.
What I should have told her is, if she wants to feel young again, move to Florida.
Anyway, isn't 29 like the new 19 or something? It's funny how people say things like that to make the growing-older population feel better - as if Benjamin Button-ing ourselves is the key.
Just embrace the newness of age. Embrace the newness in everything, no matter how awkward it seems.
Now, in school at least, I feel like one of the oldest ones, even though I'm not really that old in the grand scheme of age in Atlanta itself - recent birthday aside.
October seems to be a popular month for birthdays. For many, the feeling of growing older is - depending on age - either not enough or much too new.
I met a girl, or shall I say, a young woman, yesterday during church, who said she newly turned 29 and feels old compared to her other friends.
"It's the oldest I've ever been," she said.
I was amused at that comment.
"Just wait until next year," I said.
What I should have told her is, if she wants to feel young again, move to Florida.
Anyway, isn't 29 like the new 19 or something? It's funny how people say things like that to make the growing-older population feel better - as if Benjamin Button-ing ourselves is the key.
Just embrace the newness of age. Embrace the newness in everything, no matter how awkward it seems.
No comments:
Post a Comment