"Maturity comes with age" or "One must behave according to one's age" and "I am too old for..." are just a few of the common 'age old' (pun intended) phrases that we get to hear. But does maturity really come with age? Or, more importantly does age define a person in any way? I don't think so. And here's why.
I have completed 4 years of job life.. and though my family and close friends claim that I am still a child at heart, I feel that I don't behave like a college-girl any more.. In other words, I have definitely become more mature. Now, I have quite a few colleagues in office who share the same year of birth as me, but have started working late. The reason is, they have tried different fields of studies and hence have had an extended college life. A few of my friends have left job after a year or two to pursue MBA and are thus again back in that college mould. They behave like college kids... Well I can't point out specific things that a typical-college-goer does and a 4-years-experienced-professional doesn't do. It's the general body language.. If I behave like them it would look exceedingly odd. But it looks perfectly natural on them. Why?
Because, while society expects them to behave like college students, I am expected to behave differently. And age has got nothing to do with it. I don't find it logical when people associate too much importance with the pen and paper age.. I mean, come on, you don't get up on your 26th birthday and suddenly feel that 'Yeah, I understand relationships much better, and why not! I am 26!'. That doesn't happen... It's the environment a person is in, the company a person keeps that matters. It's how old you think yourself to be that matters...
Infact, why do you need to think about age at all? Live your life, do what you want to and enjoy the birthday gifts every year... And don't be shocked when one fine morning you notice that there's more grey than black on your head. :)) That's how life is. :)
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Nice read indeed...but don't think so much to stress ur brain...it will hurt ur heart...just do whatever u like...u will be happy...:)))
Guess you just need make you sure that your family and friends read this and maybe nobody calls you "kiddo" again..
about the "age old" perception I guess we can only wait for it to age and wither away - sadly till then people will just keep ignoring 24 year old dot-com CEO's striking gold..
Well, so what you imply is that a persons behaviour is decided by the company he is in. Which makes sense....
Regarding maturity, maturity is a function of your experiences and intelligence. Since age is a the most quantifiable measure of them all & has the highest weightage, it is used to measure maturity, tho not necessarily the correct measure...
And, you can be an odd one out and behave as a college kid in a company. But that depends on your ability to accept being called a Chinese Bunny and not make an HR issue out of it! :) Not many people have the patience for that beyond a certain age.... Life for some becomes simply too much of a struggle for such fun.
Considering the 'Professional Reshma'..you are probably the most organised, mature and disciplined person I've seen. In fact while making any decision in office myself, I first think what you wud hav done in such situation..
But at the personal level, the most mature thing you did was...hmm...hmmm...ummmmm... Well am wondering y I cant think of one.. Actually did you??!! Have you??!! hahahahaha!!!!!!
Jokes apart, we say you are a 'child at heart' because you have a wonderfully clean soul..one tht we rarely see nowadays! N we Loveeee all the childish things you do SOOO much! Our ‘likkle’ big girl!! :))
You are correct that maturity doesn't come just from age.
At the same time the company of friends that you have talked about,is also one of the factors that make one a mature person.
I feel that one of the important factors that brings the maturity, is the the kind of environment you live and grow in, the kind of problems and obstacles that you come across and how with limited options you are able to find solutions to those problems.Instead of age, I think it is the struggle that you do in life makes one mature.
PS->>You may not know me but I am one of your associates and when we didn't have access to 13A, you used to help us to get in or get out. :)
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