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Splash No. 172 - Growth

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Lately, I’ve been identifying heavily with the idea of “growing up.” That is, I’ve been focused on balancing improving myself with self-acceptance. When I was younger, it felt like growing as a person was an additive process — I was an unformed mass, with no real skills or discerning features. So, trying to be a better human being simply involved things like building social skills or learning new skills (like writing or something). And in this simple framework, it was easy to find confidence and comfort. From my perspective at the time, I wondered why people didn’t just continue to get better over time, growing and adding and simply gaining more and more positive attitudes and skillsets. And of course, at some point, it became clear that there were only so many things that I could conceivably focus on learning and doing, and that I wouldn’t always have the time and energy to grow as I once did. Yet, accepting this fate was extremely difficult, having to confront the completely unknown

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