Thank you for sharing this Katharina. Beautifully written, you’ve actually captured what I have been feeling lately, being a millennial myself I feel like my identity is fading each time I hear the word Gen Z. Just because we are aging does not mean we are vanishing, it means we are being refined. Thank you for this, I feel much better after reading this. 😊❤️🌹
Dear Bansi, your words echo my thoughts. I‘m always so glad to be able to connect with fellow Millennials here on Substack. I also love your choice of word regarding refinement as we age - so true! 🤍 Thank you so much for engaging.
Hi Tinashe! So many fantastic Millennials here on Substack! It‘s so great to hear you experience / go through the same process. Sorry I‘ve been more quiet here on Substack recently, but work consumes all my time. I need to find time again to read and browse through the publications soon! 🌞🤍
As someone who recently entered her 40s, I deeply resonated with your reflections. For everything we lose physically as we age, we gain so much spiritually. Sometimes life teaches you the hard way, but if we’re open, we learn, and that makes life so much more enjoyable. It’s funny that society obsesses over youth (which only reflects our fear of dying), brainwashing people that life is over after 30. That’s when life truly begins. It takes time to figure out how to live, and the second part of life can be so much more productive and rewarding than the first because of accumulated wisdom. Hell, the first third of the first 3 decades, we’re barely conscious!
Your comment is so spot on, dear Suzanne! Thank you so much for this! I fully agree with everything that you said: Life for me really began after 25 because that’s when I became more aware and more conscious. I think I‘ve heard once that brain development is only complete with 25/26 so this would make sense 😅. From a personal empowerment and agency perspective, life after 30 is the best.
Awesome piece of writing. I especially enjoyed the part about enjoying and celebrating the present moment of where you are in life today. Thank you for sharing!
Your take on aging - if and how - is pretty defined, and accurate. But for me, I'm still waiting for the watercolors to fill in between the lines. Do my clothes now look too old, or too young for me? Not sure. But it makes me ponder. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this Katharina. Beautifully written, you’ve actually captured what I have been feeling lately, being a millennial myself I feel like my identity is fading each time I hear the word Gen Z. Just because we are aging does not mean we are vanishing, it means we are being refined. Thank you for this, I feel much better after reading this. 😊❤️🌹
Dear Bansi, your words echo my thoughts. I‘m always so glad to be able to connect with fellow Millennials here on Substack. I also love your choice of word regarding refinement as we age - so true! 🤍 Thank you so much for engaging.
It's natural to be anxious about the future, and this applies to aging as well. But then we get older, and we wouldn't want it otherwise.
There are things that only age can reveal, places where only it can take us. You're right, Katharina, as we become older, we become real.
This is good. Life is many things, but it will always be real. To be real is thus to be true to it.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment, Patrick! 🤍🤍🤍
"When we’re young, we’re like a pencil drawing, immaculate in many ways but many of us lacked depth and nuance."
A well-written essay and the quotes from the book added flavor.
As a millennial, I am on the same path, thank you for touching on this subject Katharina, and the best with your work projects.
Hi Tinashe! So many fantastic Millennials here on Substack! It‘s so great to hear you experience / go through the same process. Sorry I‘ve been more quiet here on Substack recently, but work consumes all my time. I need to find time again to read and browse through the publications soon! 🌞🤍
As someone who recently entered her 40s, I deeply resonated with your reflections. For everything we lose physically as we age, we gain so much spiritually. Sometimes life teaches you the hard way, but if we’re open, we learn, and that makes life so much more enjoyable. It’s funny that society obsesses over youth (which only reflects our fear of dying), brainwashing people that life is over after 30. That’s when life truly begins. It takes time to figure out how to live, and the second part of life can be so much more productive and rewarding than the first because of accumulated wisdom. Hell, the first third of the first 3 decades, we’re barely conscious!
Your comment is so spot on, dear Suzanne! Thank you so much for this! I fully agree with everything that you said: Life for me really began after 25 because that’s when I became more aware and more conscious. I think I‘ve heard once that brain development is only complete with 25/26 so this would make sense 😅. From a personal empowerment and agency perspective, life after 30 is the best.
Awesome piece of writing. I especially enjoyed the part about enjoying and celebrating the present moment of where you are in life today. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much, dear Connor! 🤗
Your take on aging - if and how - is pretty defined, and accurate. But for me, I'm still waiting for the watercolors to fill in between the lines. Do my clothes now look too old, or too young for me? Not sure. But it makes me ponder. Thank you!
Thank you so much, dear Melissa! 🤍🤍🤍
I love those last few paragraphs, especially this line: "We will not be for everyone anymore."