Canberra - The Nation's Capital
I remember watching a woman being intervied on tv once (on ABC, I think) and, when asked what her life philosophy was, she said to reinvent herself every 5 years. This stuck with me. So far I think I've actually averaged a quicker turn-over than 5 yearly - here's a quick summary:
0-12 Nascent: Formative identity formation, learning my sense of humour, probably the biggest thing to come out of this phase was a strong grounding of values via my parents.
13-15 Foreshadowing: Early high school years. Working hard, pretty highly strung, trying to stay true to myself and paying the price for doing so.
16-19 Lost: Sick of paying the price, decide that fitting in is easier. Sick of being in the schooling, and then the university, systems and not understanding why I'm doing what I'm doing.
20-24 Found: Finding motivation and direction, constructing and solidifying my identity, and learning to stay true to the real me. Still prone to extremes. And now is the next phase. 25 - Consolidation: A new life in Canberra and a fulltime work lifestyle. So far it's been pretty easy to keep ahead of the 5 year curve but I think it's only going to get harder from here on in. This blog is about working through this latest phase and building a new life in Canberra from the ground up. But it's also just a reason to keep doing what I started doing probably around the end of my 'Lost' phase, in fact it was one of the things that helped me get my head above water again: reflecting on life and how I feel about it, and wondering what this might mean.
0-12 Nascent: Formative identity formation, learning my sense of humour, probably the biggest thing to come out of this phase was a strong grounding of values via my parents.
13-15 Foreshadowing: Early high school years. Working hard, pretty highly strung, trying to stay true to myself and paying the price for doing so.
16-19 Lost: Sick of paying the price, decide that fitting in is easier. Sick of being in the schooling, and then the university, systems and not understanding why I'm doing what I'm doing.
20-24 Found: Finding motivation and direction, constructing and solidifying my identity, and learning to stay true to the real me. Still prone to extremes. And now is the next phase. 25 - Consolidation: A new life in Canberra and a fulltime work lifestyle. So far it's been pretty easy to keep ahead of the 5 year curve but I think it's only going to get harder from here on in. This blog is about working through this latest phase and building a new life in Canberra from the ground up. But it's also just a reason to keep doing what I started doing probably around the end of my 'Lost' phase, in fact it was one of the things that helped me get my head above water again: reflecting on life and how I feel about it, and wondering what this might mean.