So in Buzzfeed-style, here are some observations:
1. I am starting to enjoy eating oatmeal. Voluntarily. For its slow-digesting oats and lack of sugar and all. I really didn't think this day would come. I'm a cereal girl, through and through. And through again. But it is true that you feel better when you're not on a constant sugar high (I learned this one once I became a self-proclaimed healthnut a few years ago). (Though the additions to oatmeal, dried/fresh fruit, peanut butter, non-dairy milk, chocolate chips, jam, etc. add that sugar you might be so desperately trying to avoid...)
2. I enjoy watching the news. (Not Fox News, sorry.) With the vast array of technology available to the 1st world population, it is pretty easy to follow some sort of news coverage. I like listening to NPR on my way to work (morning radio shows also suck) - this sort of exercise also helps to give me topics to talk about with patients I encounter during the workday. Double-win. Life is all about learning, right?!
3. I avoid doing certain activities because I have to ____________. I don't go as hard in certain recreational sports because I don't want to mess up my running/get injured. The idea of certain activities, like skiing, don't interest me as much any more because I don't want to hurt myself. The thought of staying out past 11:00 pm takes some extended thought as that would be at least one hour after my "normal" bedtime (and my routine might get thrown off? Blasphemy). Priorities have obviously shifted - real life has crept in and this whole work thing has taken a place in my life.
4. Nights in/spent with my family are the best. Remember in middle school and high school and college when you couldn't wait to get away from them? I didn't experience that in super high amounts, but it was there, and now I'd almost rather spend nights with them. I missed the majority of my one sister's high school career - no better time than the present to catch up, right??
5. Everyone and their mom is talking about settling down and the future and planning and blah blah. It's "that time" for people my age. Personally, I don't see the rush in settling down - you have your whole life to work and have a family and etc., calm down. But, the planner in me does like to look ahead, to know that there's at least some sort of settling down goal in mind. So you put this pressure on yourself to pick a future or a direction or whatever, hoping that it's "the" one that you'll stick to. Well guess what, I don't have life figured out, and I'm not totally sure this decision is going to be the right one. Am I okay with that? I'm trying to be.
6. My days of wearing super fun shoes are limited. This kills me. I love shoes. Next to fun spandex and Shakira, shoes are my Achilles heel (ha ha). I recently injured my foot and have had to resort to more supportive/orthotic-supporting shoes. This drastically reduces which shoes I'm wearing - from colorful flats to neutral comforts. This is something I'm still dealing with. I'm semi-convinced that I will prevail and can find some more supportive, more fun shoes. Woman on a mission.
What about you? Do you feel as old as your biological age suggests?
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