Quote on Identities
This is a comment left at Captain Awkward by commenter espritdecorps. I found it very very accurate and poignant and it reminded me of my younger self and I was both amused and embarrassed a little.
"Younger people have fewer identities so they tend to put greater passion into them. A 23 yo Poly, Feminist, Business major can be forgiven for evangelizing.
The 43 yo project administrator who is a mother of three children with her two long-term partners, in the middle of converting their garage into an in-home daycare for the partner who cares for their special-needs toddler, and volunteering twice a month with a non-profit org that helps entrepreneurial women create business plans and secure funding isn’t as invested in converting people.
The change in focus from talking about one’s ideals to living them, is sometimes mistaken for abandoning the cause, or getting ‘old and boring’, when it’s really integrating all your identities in a cohesive self."
"Younger people have fewer identities so they tend to put greater passion into them. A 23 yo Poly, Feminist, Business major can be forgiven for evangelizing.
The 43 yo project administrator who is a mother of three children with her two long-term partners, in the middle of converting their garage into an in-home daycare for the partner who cares for their special-needs toddler, and volunteering twice a month with a non-profit org that helps entrepreneurial women create business plans and secure funding isn’t as invested in converting people.
The change in focus from talking about one’s ideals to living them, is sometimes mistaken for abandoning the cause, or getting ‘old and boring’, when it’s really integrating all your identities in a cohesive self."