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I was just thinking of ways my three best and three worst traits have changed since I was a senior in high school, and I was surprised to discover that, at least in my own estimation, they have not changed much at all; and I am interested in learning whether this is also true for most of the people reading this.
In high school, I think that my best traits were that I was kind, honest, and dependable/responsible; and I think that STILL applies today, 50 years later; and my worst traits were being too "goody-good", having low self-esteem, and having a very strong inclination to always take the easiest path; and that STILL applies, except for the first, slightly. Although I am no longer a "goody-two-shoes", I am inclined to be judgmental toward people who are poor because they have not followed the 'straight and narrow'. (Yes, I do recognize that this IS a fault in me.) Btw, I am still kind to everyonein person and would never intentionally be unkind to anyone, period, except possibly to those who hurt others.
So what about you? How do your best and worst traits in your senior years compare to your best and worst traits when you were much younger?
Your in the retirement forum and you remember high school?
At 75 compared to say a decade ago I know I'm old and have become more less likely to do anything say risky, I'm more conservative in everything.
Back then, I was impulsive, impressionable and seeking my own identity. Now I am still conservative, but, more restrained; unconcerned about public opinion and polls, but, aware and mindful of my influence on others; ... and a grateful, confident believer whose life is fully secure in Jesus Christ.
Your in the retirement forum and you remember high school?
At 75 compared to say a decade ago I know I'm old and have become more less likely to do anything say risky, I'm more conservative in everything.
Of course! Or at least I do about how I was, as I've 'always' been analytical and self-aware.
And, anyway, don't you know that we seniors "live in the past", LOL.
(Just kidding, as I actually know very few seniors who do that, or at least not while they're in their 60's and 70's.)
P.S. I, too, am also much more conservative than I was back then, and like you, I am also less inclined to take risks.
Some adjust their sails when traveling thru life.
I've consistently been uneasy with confrontation. That hasn't changed.
Some of us do self effacement.. and improve.
Yes...my life is testimony people can change...and be a community asset.
I'm fundamentally the same person enjoying many of the same things, listening to the same music, and such, that I was in high school.
Some changes.
1) I never enjoyed traveling as a kid and very young man. At 24, I don't think I had been north of Washington, DC, west of Nashville, or south of Orlando. I've covered a lot of ground over the past several years. I intend to cover a lot more.
2) I'm more outdoorsy and out of the house. It's fairly rare that I just come home and laze around after work. I almost never do that in the warmer months.
All of my youth was about ambition. I wanted to work, very much about the money. Go-go-go. Well, I grew up in a poor family, and my dad died at age 32. My mom worked hard, and I felt so bad for her. I wanted to make all her troubles go away.
These days, I am much more mellow, laid back. I have tried to make my family's lives easier. I did all that. I can relax now. While I am still very busy at age 71, I thoroughly enjoy what I'm doing now. Work for me now, is very fulfilling and not so much an obligation.
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