Why don't I DO stuff?

[cjsmith]

I just re-read two journal entries, one containing several unusual things I've done and another listing things I haven't done but coulda or woulda liked to. I'm struck by the fact that most of the interesting things I've done were done more than a decade ago, and the things I'd like to do have sat on my "maybe someday" mental list for years.

Was I really so much more interesting ten or twenty years ago? Does this have something to do with being a grownup with a mortgage? Why haven't I done more of the things I'd like to try? What am I so afraid of?

Comments

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Well, there was the trip to Egypt....

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

And happy birthday, too!

[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!

As far as not doing interesting things, you just got back from a super interesting trip! That said, I'm familiar with the "maybe someday" feeling. Hey, go Carpe Diem!

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

happy birthday :)

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you ten years ago, but I can say with certainty that you're quite interesting now. I've been quite impressed with you in the few years I've known you.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

[exponentialdk.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

About doing fewer interesting things: That's the normal progression as we age. How long has it been since we've gone caving? How long since various things we, uh, wouldn't want to write about in public?

On the other hand, as long as we keep doing *some* unusual things, and stay open to new experiences, we can still get a lot of the mundane (adult) stuff done in our lives, without falling too deeply into a rut. Just remember to keep some balance in your life, because if you don't save up for old age you'll regret it, and if you do nothing but prepare for old age, you may as well be there already.

Stay young!
:-)

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

Didn't you just, like, go square dancing in Iceland or something? That seems kind of interesting to the untrained eye...

I know what you mean, though. It's easy to get trapped in that "birth school work death" rut.

Is there something you're afraid of, though? I mean, I know after my adventures that Don't Work Out I minimize my risks & my striking out for quite a while.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Has what you've been doing lately -- travelling, climbing, working on your body -- been uninteresting to you, or are you concerned that it has been to others?

Are you comparing yourself to you ten years ago (with perhaps a less-than-accurate view, as you might not remember what was uninteresting a decade ago) or others now?

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday!