Comments on: Being Grown Up Isn’t Half As Fun As Growing Up

By: Steering Clear of “Safe” | Small Hands, Big Ideas

Steering Clear of “Safe” | Small Hands, Big Ideas — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:02:29 +0000

[...] potential to lose your footing. Now, as I can look back I still know it was all worth it. I cannot imagine settling. Many would argue that risk is tied to reward. You just will never know, unless you [...]

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:31:00 +0000

Love this song! Great thoughts… I graduated from college about a year ago, and have done a lot of thinking about whether or not I consider myself “adult” now, but I think being in the process of growing up is a great place to be!

By: @MattWilsonTV

@MattWilsonTV — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:44:00 +0000

Sam, sounds terrible! Life isn’t supposed to be a downward spiral. When is it going to get better?

By: insomniaclolita

insomniaclolita — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:01:00 +0000

I’m certainly in the process, parties are still appealing to me..And I still think a lot of shallow-like stuff lol

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:56:00 +0000

You nailed it. Growing up is an ongoing process. I hope that I never stop growing, because when we stop growing, what are we doing exactly? I don’t ever want to leave never-never-land, and while we may add more responsibility and ‘structure’ to our lives as we progress in life, it all balances out. If we’re smart, if we play our cards right, we can be ‘young again’ in our old age.

As children, we are care-free, we get to play, take naps, do what we want (for the most part). Then we get older – we work, but it’s important to still have that balance – you can either separate the two, work hard, play hard in your spare time, or, in my opinion, you should do everything you can to integrate the two – LOVE what you do during the week – because it occupies a huge chunk of your life.

Then, when we get older and retire, we can relax again; we can play and take naps. Is it really much different from being a kid? Our best years are ahead of us – sure, we had some good times in the past, but we’re going to have some great times in the future.

Insightful post Sam – really enjoyed it!

By: LaTosha

LaTosha — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:31:00 +0000

I enjoyed this post. You’re right the key is finding the right balance. It is my desire to lead a life of no regrets and in order to do so you have to be able to keep that inner child alive. It is the inner child that craves the desire to learn and have fun but you need the adult to keep the inner child in check. You can totally tell when people haven’t found that balance. Those who have too much inner child never take responsibility and too much adult you risk being bitter because you feel like having fun is only something children do. The sooner one finds this balance the happier they will be.
I enjoy your posts and figured I’d quit lurking and tell ya!