I read somewhere once that being an adult was all about dirt. It meant plunging your hands into a variety of disgusting holes, drains, pipes, and crevices to fish out fetid, horrible, drippy things. We're talking about clogged drains, clumps of hair, bin juice, and the mystery lumps of food that block your kitchen sink. Being an adult meant facing those things.
More and more people I know are getting engaged or married, buying houses, creating trusts and wills and designing complicated insurance packages. They're climbing corporate ladders, spending bonuses, and flashing business cards and the latest Apple product.
Only a decade ago, I remember them, rolling the waistbands of their school skirts to get the hem up over their knees, lolling around on scratchy grass fields at lunch, licking ice-blocks in summer, and ogling the school P.E. teacher. So tell me, what do we lose when we get older? And what do we gain by not getting younger?
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Thought-provoking entry, something I think about often. Sometimes I feel I've been 17 the last 6 years and everyone's grown-up, and I don't know if it's worse for them or for me.
Arianne from A + B in the Sea
i LOVE the pics!!!
xoxo from rome
K.
http://kcomekarolina.blogspot.com/
Oh Happy birthday Ana! <3 These photos are wonderful and I love the Lanvin flats!
I can totally relate to the 2nd paragraph and the 3rd.
To add, "Day by day, nothing seems to change but pretty soon, everything's different".
It is strange how time can change things and people, our dreams and our goals. With a certain age comes a certain image.
But I really feel that what we lose as we grow older doesn't have to be lost at all. I admire people who stay true to who they are, no matter what the world or time demands of them.
Thank you for this post. Just what I needed :)
This topic is very close to my heart, it is something that is always in my mind. I miss being a child and the times when life was simple and I feel in such a rush to get on with my life because I'm scared of getting left behind when everyone else achieves their goals.
These things are always on my mind these days, with 25 around the corner. Perhaps the difference is when we were younger, we weren't constantly comparing the then and now because we were fresh in the now without a then to peek back to.
xo, Mel.
I've loved your lanvin + anemone photo all over the internet today, so I might as well do so here too. The colors and lighting are gorgeous. The composition perfect. It ranks very high on my 'favorite photos by Ana' list ♥
As for your questions, I find them turning over and over in my mind as well. And the answers aren't always clear.
Nice Blog...
trés chic!
These photos are lovely, especially the last one and the ones of the flowers, so pretty!
xxxx
sweet pics!! i love the last one, especially.
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