How has your life changed

@jhl930 (3601)
United States
July 24, 2008 12:08am CST
i was thinking today and my life has changed a lot since i was a child and i can see the obvious changes, like whenever i was young i worried whether or not i was going to get the latest video game or something like that or if i had to do my homework and if i didn't do it if my mom would find out...just stupid stuff like that, like if i was going to get to watch as much television as i wanted to and just stupid stuff like that but at the time it was really important to me, so now i have to worry about other things like bills and money and all of that kind of stuff and when i get married and have children i am going to have more stuff to deal with then, so i know that i still have changes going on in my life...so i was just wondering how all of your lives have changed over the years and if you think that there are chances that things are still going to change...thanks for taking the time to read my discussion and i hope you all have a great day!
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18 responses
@austere (2812)
• Philippines
24 Jul 08
my life has changed into something beautiful. i came to understand people better. i become more unselfish and caring, and this is because people has showed me the same thing. i realized as i aged that you cant get everything that you want, and that you cant get it by being mean and bad and bossy as well. i become more responsible and self reliant, and these are all because of the hardships that i have been through i my life, it have molded and honed me to becoming somebody better, smarter in dealing the ways of life
@sivanj (1263)
• India
24 Jul 08
thats a great way to look at life. purely positive and looking straight up. i am really impressed at the way you have looked at and assessed yourself. the people who are able to assess themselves will grow to greater height in life. and then in my life, things have gone thru roller coasters. i have seen ups and downs at their best. had to go thru them to be able to see the life today. had good friends, good times i still cherish. the best times would be the higher secondary school times and the post graduation days. these are the days i had the best time with friends and enjoyed most.
@cmathias12 (1025)
• Armed Forces Canada, Europe, Middle East
24 Jul 08
My life is constantly changing. You can not stop change along the way to growing older. With change comes wisdom. It is important to go through each trial so that you can learn. Unfortunately by the time we are wise enough to make good descisions, we have already lived our lives. Thats the irony of life!
• Italy
24 Jul 08
As you she lives there always soo many changes due ti the various stages that face on another while we grow. Unfortunately, most go forward in life more problems to be tackled become difficult.. but with the experience accumulated over the years all we can overcome these problems... Certainly the surprises are to be considered separately. A test of life that still have not addressed is to have a child, but I hope to addess it soon.
@cbreeze (1205)
• United States
24 Jul 08
When I was a child I couldn't wait to grow up and stay up as late as I wanted, I couldn't wait to get a job and buy everything I wanted. I couldn't wait to do whatever I wanted. I think you see where I'm going with this. So now at 44, I can't wait to go to sleep. I paybills and still can't buy what I want. I have to work and take care of a family so, I rarely get to do the things I want. Aint life grand. LOL Oh Well.
@momiecat (997)
• United States
24 Jul 08
This is a topic I think about a lot. I now envy younger people because I wish I was young again. I am 55 soon. Probably more than half my life is over. I think about what I have gone through and what I have accomplished. I wish I had the wisdom that I have now when I was younger. I made a lot of stupid choices and suffered the consequences. I used to care about what people thought about me and want to please everyone. Now, I don't care as much and I just do the things that please me but in my mind they are good things. When you get older you have medical problems to deal with. To me that is the most difficult. A couple years back I had a retinal bleed in my eye. Now I can barely see out of that eye and have less sight because of it. If things get worse, I will not be able to drive. It does get very depressing to have medical things happen and not be able to recover from it. The best thing is to make wise choices and enjoy life while you are young. Do not waste the time because time is so very very short. Before you know it, you are 50 and your body starts to fall apart.
• Brazil
24 Jul 08
this is true. actually i'm not old enough to see some change u talk about like i want to get the lastest video game (passion and hobbie) and i've to worry about homework yet. and i dont have to pay bills yet (not monthly bills) i dont worry too much about money. but when u say this i remeber things i've do when more young and now i dont do anymore. i remeber call a lot of friends to play things like hide and seek, cop and thief, and some other things (i'm brazilian so i dunno about the true english names), i remember make mom believe i'm sick to don go school, go to beach every weekend, a plenty of old friends i dont see anymore a good part of them well succeded in life living in others countrys. =/ this is sadness and i wish to be children one more time T_T
@cheenlly (3477)
• Philippines
24 Jul 08
Life for me has a lot of changes. From little child with no worries and didn't know how hard life is now i am grown up life teaches me few hard lesson that made me what i am now. Ive been through a lot of trials which i never had imagine before but still thankful because it made me a better person and make me appreciate things around me. Well as saying says "Changes are only permanent things in the world"
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
24 Jul 08
Hi jhl930, Things will continue to change throughout your life. No one can tell you what these will be but change is the one thing that is certain. I remember my childhood will, even though it was a long time ago. The number of changes in my life since then are too many to count. Thank you for starting this discussion and I hope you will get a lot of responses. Blessings.
@cambiste (1244)
• India
24 Jul 08
Yes, a childs world is worry-free as long as the family is finacially safe. As a child we didnt have to work and earn, or understand politics, or cast a vote. Growing up means more responsibility and also more power. What a child can only dream of doing, we can make it a reality or a nightmare. In a way its really worth growing up actually. Troubles will come, but as grownups we can face them better than if we were a child. Moreover, as a grownup, we dont have to depend on others as much as a child does. We have our own lives in which there are very few rules than when we were children. Also, we get the power to make our own decisions as well.
@scribe (26)
24 Jul 08
So many things have changed in my life now. "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child.." from 1 Corinthians 13. Anyway, the changes that have taken place in my life are so big and sometimes they overwhelm me. Now, each of us in our family has our own life and we live far from each other. I used to worry that when I grow up I would still be living in the same community. Thanks to God, He provided for me and my other siblings better future. But I believe it's was up to us to get a better life or to be contented with our situation.
@shinymood (405)
• China
24 Jul 08
Talking about changes in life reminds me of my past days. Many things have changed and they are so different now. i remember when i was a kid, my dream was to become a factory worker and i never heard of anything outside our little town. when i went to college, i dreamt to have my own house. i love kids and i fancied lots of lovely girls and boys around. and it seems everything i wanted have become reality. but one sad thing is that i stop dreaming for beautiful things now. I wish i could be back to one of those old days when i spent hours fancying nice little things!
@earnnings (1325)
• India
24 Jul 08
hi frn by my frn's my life was changed one day he told me thata dont do like eco man and some personal word than i have realised.....
@lixiaos77 (1030)
• Shijiazhuang, China
24 Jul 08
when i was young, i believed that diligence can help me achieve success. when i get older, i realize that opportuity is also important. when i was a kid, i paied a lot of attention to unrelate things such as Milk way. When i grow up, i care my parents and wife more.
@dawnyp (170)
• China
24 Jul 08
i lose my childhood.i can not bring to mind anything about my childhood. now,i am just 20,but i often think back.the worse thing is that i can not remember the thing that happened in the past. i regret that i had not pick up the peices of my memory when i could remember more. so now i have little can share with others.
@debjit (339)
• India
24 Jul 08
With growing ages, everyone changes, so am I. The change is not only in looks or your nature, but the change reflects everywhere, from activities to thoughts. When I was a child, I was totally depedable to my parents. I did whatever they wished to. And truely saying, I was not very obidient then, my misadventures were everyone's headache. In my teenage, I was charming sports loving boy and a bit kiddish too. I never cared 'bout my future, and was a bit easy going person. Now I am 22. I can understand my responsibilities towards my family. I am not a boy anymore. My patience have been increased, today I dont scream for small issues. Now, I can understand others too. This is my transition from a kid to current me.
@alokn99 (5717)
• India
24 Jul 08
If I look back , life has changed form what I had expected it to be. These changes actually happen a lot in one's lifetime. Some of them are more obvious and som are not. I'm sure that this process of change will go on as well, simply because it based on our expectations and how we are incfluenced by what goes on around us.
@smilyn (2967)
• United States
24 Jul 08
I too think about this very often. This is true. Our lives change as we grow. As we move on to the next stage of life, our life changes. Not only our lifestyle changes but also the problems. There could be nobody in this world without any problem.At the childhood stage we face problems about having a plaything or owning a toy or even sharing with others. LAter as years go on, these become silly but still we have other problems. As we become adults, our life changes completely. We have to plan about the future, settle in life, be good financially and life becomes busy. Planning and scheduling becomes the major part in life.So life changes with years. And the problems too.It all lies in how we take the problems and try to solve them.
@rayne347 (37)
• United States
24 Jul 08
I don't think I'm quite as far as you in life, but even so, my life has changed greatly. I worried about a lot of the same things as you (some of them even still), and a few other things... I've had to deal with starting high school at a school halfway across the country from my old friends. But I do know that it will be changing similarly to yours in the near future.