It’s a term I started hearing a couple of years ago but haven’t much since. Maybe it’s because that’s when I was entering mine. Now I’m well into it.<\/p>\n
The difference between the second and the first, besides the obvious fact that it comes later, is that this one’s your own.\u00a0The first you only thought was yours.<\/p>\n
You came through school, choosing classes you were pretty good at but also listening to advice on what might provide the best career. You entered that career working hard to prove to others you could do it. You made some headway getting on in life and that, too, was in part to inform others. As family came along, and mounting expenses and responsibilities, you had little choice but to keep it all working.<\/p>\n
Hopefully you were enjoying it, but either way, you had something to prove and you were going to do it! You were on a track and too many were depending on you to even think of getting off.<\/p>\n
Then those things eventually mature . . . the kids grow up, financial considerations stabilize some, and the job doesn’t seem like the only thing in life. That’s when thoughts arise that could eventuate into the second adulthood.<\/p>\n
This one’s for you.<\/p>\n
Does it sound selfish? Not necessarily. It’s really quite natural.<\/p>\n
In a sense you’ve done your work for the system<\/em>; now it’s time to make another kind of contribution . . . one that’s uniquely yours.<\/p>\n Earlier you hardly knew who that was. Or, you did, but had to let it go. Or new interests have developed. Whatever the case, here’s your chance. You still have your energy. You’ve got ideas, and talents you’ve not used.<\/p>\n You may still have something to prove, but this time just to yourself.<\/p>\n There’s some risk involved, but not a lot really. You’re freer now.<\/p>\n It’s the second adulthood: Grow into it.\u00a0It’ll be good for you.<\/p>\n And likely for the rest of us too, as you make a new contribution that can only come from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s a term I started hearing a couple of years ago but haven’t much since. Maybe it’s because that’s when I was entering mine. Maybe you too . . . now or soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7299"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10699,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7299\/revisions\/10699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}