tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356874.post691427956435195249..comments2023-04-05T04:53:11.303-07:00Comments on Sarah & Co.: A Better AdultSarah Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10202621268907458846noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356874.post-15839760435185059572009-01-14T13:48:00.000-08:002009-01-14T13:48:00.000-08:00OH, MAN do I think about this A LOT. http://kate.k...OH, MAN do I think about this A LOT. http://kate.kateandneil.com/28/the-30s-are-the-new-20s/<BR/>A few months back I was asked to be on a panel representing "Mormon youth." I declined, because I'm not sure a 28 year old married woman is technically a youth...especially in Mormondom. In Mormon-time I should already have 5 children.<BR/><BR/>I am so torn because being adult is often associate with assimilation. If you can't conform, you just haven't grown up yet. If you see an adult man without a typical career, or a woman who voluntarily remains childless you hear that they "just need to grow up."<BR/><BR/>I was at a "interview panel" today at law school with lawyers teaching us how to get law jobs. One of the panel mentioned the MOST absurd thing he'd ever heard in an interview was a guy asking if he could work 1/2 the time for 1/2 the pay. Everyone laughed at the ABSURDITY of not wanting to assimilate to the 9-5 (6,7,8...) corporate scheme. "How immature." But, if losing all creativity and zest for life is "growing up" you can officially check me in as a lost boy. http://www.kateandneil.com/bang-a-rang-katie/<BR/><BR/>I am far from figuring anything out about adulthood, and at times still feel like the word adult is not an accurate description of me, but I think at it's root it has to do with learning selflessness. Perhaps this is why it it so closely associated with child-rearing. Children demand that all of their wants be met. They have a hard time considering the needs of others. They do not want to be even mildly inconvenienced. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps true "growing up" is not so much a function of chronology, but of character.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200907298236442869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356874.post-32055733066935195782009-01-13T21:08:00.000-08:002009-01-13T21:08:00.000-08:00"a child shall lead them" means as much to us as i..."a child shall lead them" means as much to us as individuals as it does messianically. the child in us always has to win out. it's one of the things that makes you so wonderful. yes, this is your former bishop doing QA on your website just to make sure you're as fabulous as ever. and it's still true: you are a marvel. happy blessings and have a wonderful 2009.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12769166678052911430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356874.post-8200613604726314372009-01-12T18:20:00.000-08:002009-01-12T18:20:00.000-08:00Sarah. A shout out from someone who shares your na...Sarah. A shout out from someone who shares your name. Love your blogs. <BR/>I would assert that adulthood is even more than learning to want (and putting yourself in the position to get)the "right" things for your self and your life (Plan A--ie what God wants for you). (Side note--that's growing up.) Adulthood is , among other things, getting all ready and prepared and then taking what is dished to you (almost always not what you thought) and watching yourself make Plans B, C, and so on. At true adulthood, looking back, you can actually sense all the preparing for Plan A served you just as well, as God always knew it would.<BR/>Said by SarahAllenBrownSarahLeeAllenBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358342746611670645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356874.post-3475466151212737622009-01-11T19:49:00.000-08:002009-01-11T19:49:00.000-08:00Seriously, a secretary? I think you are the first ...Seriously, a secretary? I think you are the first of my friends to get one of those. That IS adult.Jackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01859476943243692369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356874.post-23705955845641998342009-01-10T17:57:00.000-08:002009-01-10T17:57:00.000-08:00You have a secretary?!? I am so jealous.You have a secretary?!? I am so jealous.Monica Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12063488008816574393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356874.post-68109151009604790812009-01-10T12:47:00.000-08:002009-01-10T12:47:00.000-08:00P.S. Maybe you're just a neotenous juvenile: http:...P.S. Maybe you're just a neotenous juvenile: http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_035.htmtpmotdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456475608512277499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356874.post-27428297304335510932009-01-10T12:38:00.000-08:002009-01-10T12:38:00.000-08:00I don't know what adulthood is, but I do know that...I don't know what adulthood is, but I do know that I've become part cyborg by merging my thought process and memory with the email notifications feature on Google Calendar. Just think, you check your email a lot, so if you one telling you to take out the garbage, you just might do it.<BR/>YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.tpmotdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456475608512277499noreply@blogger.com