I don\u2019t know if you can tell, but I\u2019ve been having fun with all the features I can use in this new email format. There are buttons and dropdowns and pie charts and all that wonderfulness. I can highlight and quote and column and divide and checklist and calendar\u2026It\u2019s a lot of fun for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Admitting that making columns makes me happy is really making me feel like I\u2019ve reached adulthood.
But it reminds me of how I used to think about being an adult. I assumed I would no longer find things funny, or I would be \u201cboring\u201d, or I wouldn\u2019t enjoy the things 12-year-old me loved. Some of these have truth to them. I find different things funny now. I don\u2019t play with the toys I used to love, though I do still read voraciously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And as the cousin inside joke goes, I am quite boring – because I love to talk with people to connect. (One time when a bunch of the cousins around my age were starting to outgrow playing \u201cOrphans\u201d [because no, we never played House. None of us wanted to be the responsible parents] we were sitting and talking for maybe half an hour and one cousin came in, listened for like 5 minutes, then informed us that we were doing \u201cteenager things\u201d\u2026this has been quoted since.) I valued quality time in a different way than I did when I was little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat’s the worst of growing up, and I’m beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don’t seem half so wonderful to you when you get them.\u201d There are definitely things I miss about young me, but there is also excitement there, because that means growth. I\u2019m growing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, the things that give me joy have changed. So I get excited about spreadsheets and pie chart features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve also noticed more and more of my character coming out as I get older. This has been a frequent topic of Secretary\u2019s Corner over the months. I love being able to look back and see where I was a year ago compared to this year. I thought once I stopped growing taller, my personality would stop changing too – not quite! Admitting that making columns makes me happy is really making me feel like I\u2019ve reached adulthood…<\/p>\n
\u2014 Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think there\u2019s always a lot more growing to do than I can see in the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"