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1/29/2013 9:46:11 PM
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I have a question for old people
Okay, I know there's not that many old people here, and I only really know of one, but nonetheless I'll ask my question: when you're growing up, it seems to be that your personality and knowledge are constantly changing, but does this continue for the rest of your life, or is there a climax where you eventually stop evolving as a person? And even if you do keep changing, does the rate in how much you learn change?
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Life is a learning experience every step of the way.
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Hi. I'm not old, but I clicked on the thread anyway. Can I still stand here?
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1 ReplyOld guy checking in. The older I get, the more I learn, the more I refine certain facets in me that I thought would never change. Your tastes change, likes / dislikes modify, but the things that are 'you' remain your base. So your knowledge should continue to grow, but your personality is more constant. There is no gauge how much change each person may have. Everybody is different. I know of some people that never seemed to change. They remained as much of a detriment to society as they were as children/teens.
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I'm not old, but I probably look that way to most of you. I continually amaze myself with how many times I revise my view of the world around me, revise my view of how to fit me into that world, and revise the methods I employ to execute it in action. From my own experience, massive change seems to come in sudden hectic spurts, usually linked to majorly life altering events. However, constant change is at a steady rate, driven by my own sense of curiosity, competitiveness, and lack of complacency. As to learning, it is more difficult to learn certain things as you get older, like languages, but it has actually been easier to learn things like mathematics in my forties than it was in my teens. Probably because I know the value now, and can concentrate more on things that are value added to my goals. While it may be harder to memorize things now than when I was younger, I find that I draw a lot more actual application out of what I learn in a much shorter time period than before. So it's sort of a trade off--short term memory for long term synthesis.
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I think that uncertainty is the single biggest fear that needs to be completely ignored for personal development...I'm 20, which feels old to me, but it's all relative anyway. No matter how old you are, someone is thinking "If I were that young, I could live my life entirely differently."
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[quote]Okay, I know there's not that many old people here, and I only really know of one...[/quote] Oh god, it's me isn't it? [quote] when you're growing up, it seems to be that your personality and knowledge are constantly changing, but does this continue for the rest of your life, or is there a climax where you eventually stop evolving as a person?[/quote] Only if/when you choose/decide that "you know everything that you want/need to know and there's no point in learning anything else". Some people "close shop" pretty early, some later, some never. I am not planning on ever getting to that point or decision. There is always going to be something that I have not considered or wasn't aware of. I am open and looking forward to each and every time that happens. [quote]And even if you do keep changing, does the rate in how much you learn change?[/quote] The rate of change is remarkable when you are young, so many new things to learn and experience, so much change in your body, your mind, your experiences that the amount of change that CAN occur in your youth is amazing. But that change, that growth, that process only happens when the individual wants and allows it to happen. But I will say that as you get older, there is less and less that really surprises you, especially when it comes to human nature.
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Edited by KingInTheNorth: 1/29/2013 9:53:15 PM23 probably isn't as old of a person as you were looking for but I'll answer anyway. Every time I learn something new that conflicts with something I formerly believed I have to reexamine what I know. I think that that is just a truism about anyone at any age, so I don't think it's going to change no matter how old you get.
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1 ReplyI know I'm not "old", and there's people that are older than me here. I'm 27. I'm a vastly different person than I was a 10, 15, 18, 21, or 25.
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inb4 the Wise one, the Sage of our time, Recon.
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I have found that it very much depends on the person. Many of my friends have become stuck in their ways, while others, myself included, seem to celebrate change and newness. I wish there was a simple answer for you.
