Does Age Quash Our Spirit of Adventure?

lindyhop · 08-20-2006, 01:48 PM

There was something near the end of the radio piece (which I'm now going to muddle up) saying that as you get older the changes you have to face make so much of the world feel like quicksand so you crave the solidness of the familiar. I've been thinking about this and I think for me it's the "life's too short" syndrome. Disneyland and I are both in the same decade of life and for me, life is too short to put up with crap or waste time doing things I don't enjoy. So sometimes that translates into not trying something new that I might not like and sticking with the tried and true. (Ah, even the cliches are more comfortable...)

Adventurousness is pretty relative. Compared to this group I'd say I'm mostly unadventurous. But compared to people I spend most of my time with (work, family) I live life in the fast lane.

08-20-2006, 01:48 PM	#1
lindyhop Swing Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 997	There was something near the end of the radio piece (which I'm now going to muddle up) saying that as you get older the changes you have to face make so much of the world feel like quicksand so you crave the solidness of the familiar. I've been thinking about this and I think for me it's the "life's too short" syndrome. Disneyland and I are both in the same decade of life and for me, life is too short to put up with crap or waste time doing things I don't enjoy. So sometimes that translates into not trying something new that I might not like and sticking with the tried and true. (Ah, even the cliches are more comfortable...) Adventurousness is pretty relative. Compared to this group I'd say I'm mostly unadventurous. But compared to people I spend most of my time with (work, family) I live life in the fast lane.
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