I am apparently a delayed adult according to the charts.
In the last 20 months the word milestones has been rearing itself. I suppose I understand the need for them but being from the Midwest it feels like a lot of East Coast pressure.
I do not enjoy the notion that my child needs to pick up x amount of blocks by x age in order to get into Harvard. And anyway I commend people who listen to their own drummer. Milestones feel like using the same measuring stick for things that are too different.
In the last 20 months the word milestones has been rearing itself. I suppose I understand the need for them but being from the Midwest it feels like a lot of East Coast pressure.
I do not enjoy the notion that my child needs to pick up x amount of blocks by x age in order to get into Harvard. And anyway I commend people who listen to their own drummer. Milestones feel like using the same measuring stick for things that are too different.
I suppose getting a full time job, married, kids, retiring with money are typical adult milestones. Aren't those goals too?
Possible considerations for new adult milestones; When...
- You find your first therapist (in spite of insurance obstacles)
- You don't get divorced - is that more of a goal?
- You are addiction & addict free
- You accept and love yourself
- You realize you can't control others
- You figure out love is never lost because you created it in the first place
- You can lose 20 lbs in a week (post baby)
Most of those are a lot more difficult than setting up a 401k plan and are music to my ears.
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