WOW, I have changed...

United States
September 18, 2008 11:02am CST
Have you ever looked back on your life and thought WOW - I HAVE CHANGED!! I have some friends from high school I hadnt talked to in pretty close to 5 years. Well, they found me on facebook and myspace and when I started to talk to them again all I kept thinking was WOW WHAT HAPPENED?! lol. If I look at it I have changed into a strong individual and have matured a lot, but I still look back and think -- why did I change this about myself? I know what the answers are, but I still think I turned into someone who is somewhat boring compared to my old self! My family says that it happens when you have children and start a family - family is more important than your immaturity *which is true* I would rather be mature and be close to my family than have those moments of immaturity that I am talking about!! So have you ever looked back and thought this? How did it make you feel to know that you have changed? Did you change for the better? or worse?
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viduviduvidu
@viduviduvidu (293)
• United States
18 Sep 08
If improvement is called change, then yes, I have changed, quite a lot over the years. Life teaches us a lot of lessons and the good learner learns these lessons and improves day by day.
seasons1981
@seasons1981 (299)
• United States
18 Sep 08
that is so true... do you ever feel that you changed something for the worse though? Not saying I can look back and think this way but I wonder exactly how many people look back and say "Why did I change this about myself?"
viduviduvidu
@viduviduvidu (293)
• United States
18 Sep 08
Before my marriage I was involved to a great extent in social service activities in India. Now I don't find the time and opportunity for such things :(
my_name_is_coco
@my_name_is_coco (4334)
• Philippines
1 Nov 09
I think I have changed a lot.I changed from physical to mental and emotional.first,I have changed my hairstyle and have gained some weight.in mental aspect,some of the things I liked before,now I find them appalling and funny.emotionally,I already accepted that if I meant to be married,it'll happen,rather than chasing my "happily-ever-after",I'll just live at the moment.
pinkabell
@pinkabell (28)
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18 Sep 08
Yeah, I look back every so often and realise how much I've changed. Most the time I don't intentionally try to change but I do reckon that most of the time it has been for the best. I think that moving out and suddenly facing all sorts of responsibility that you didn't have before helps a lot and making sacrifaces when you are in a committed relationship. I guess when I have a family I will change even more as well. When you are younger and living at home, however much responsibility or independence you have complete changes as you mvoe out. I think you start to realise just how much your parents did for you and appreciate things more. I think I also realise that a lot of the time i thought my parents were being unfair, that they were actually just looking out for me and being concerned. In my teens I thought that I didn't care what people thought and I realise now that I did and how easy people judged you so how easy it was to be influenced by people. I bet in a few years time I'll be looking back to now and thinking how much different things were and how much I've changed too, lol.