I think I remember you telling me that about age 30 a million billion years ago. I hardly see you any more (it's been, what, ten years now? a really long time) but I'm glad you hung on long enough to have an existential crisis about being this old.
I'm 38, and I still think of myself as, oh, 20-ish. I have to remind myself, talking to our student workers, that I'm heading for twice their age. I was talking to the 15-year-old son of a friend from high school about video games, and he started in with "So I use Steam-- it's this online game service, where--" and I interrupted him and got all curmudgeonly about it. Come ON, kid, I've been playing video games longer than you've been ALIVE.
I don't really have any answers for you, but being old does mean that you get to lecture young whippersnappers, which is always fun. And you don't have to give up everything because one part is getting embarassing. Keep being a nerd and doing the interesting stuff. If hanging out on campus is weird? Uh... I guess my career path reveals that I'm not very good at giving up that part of it... 8)
I think you can probably figure out what's right for you. Just don't be afraid to change your mind. Making that kind of decision isn't irrevocable. If you decide to stop doing something and miss it? Start it up again!
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Date: 2010-12-15 09:47 pm (UTC)I'm 38, and I still think of myself as, oh, 20-ish. I have to remind myself, talking to our student workers, that I'm heading for twice their age. I was talking to the 15-year-old son of a friend from high school about video games, and he started in with "So I use Steam-- it's this online game service, where--" and I interrupted him and got all curmudgeonly about it. Come ON, kid, I've been playing video games longer than you've been ALIVE.
I don't really have any answers for you, but being old does mean that you get to lecture young whippersnappers, which is always fun. And you don't have to give up everything because one part is getting embarassing. Keep being a nerd and doing the interesting stuff. If hanging out on campus is weird? Uh... I guess my career path reveals that I'm not very good at giving up that part of it... 8)
I think you can probably figure out what's right for you. Just don't be afraid to change your mind. Making that kind of decision isn't irrevocable. If you decide to stop doing something and miss it? Start it up again!
And happy birthday. 8)