Stages in Life
According to the primary definition, Life Cycle is the different stages in life a living thing goes through.
So much for that. Psychologically, we go through phases too.
When I was kid, i wanted to grow up quick. Being an adult seems to be so cool. You could stay up late, you could stay out late, and you don't have to listen to anyone. I thought.
Many people always talk about the biological clock ticking. Especially in the female context. When a woman in her late 20s starts to look adoringly at a baby, we say that her biological clock is ticking and she yearns to have her own child too.
In my late teens, i was dying to do see the world. Do all the travelling, backpack to the most exotic places and pull through the worse budget hostels. I didn't exactly do that but I did do some fair bit of travelling. Is that some innate subconscious phase one goes through too? Know that in herds, males usually leave their group to find mates from other groups. they have the tendency to leave. (think i wrote about this before...)
So much for that. Psychologically, we go through phases too.
When I was kid, i wanted to grow up quick. Being an adult seems to be so cool. You could stay up late, you could stay out late, and you don't have to listen to anyone. I thought.
Many people always talk about the biological clock ticking. Especially in the female context. When a woman in her late 20s starts to look adoringly at a baby, we say that her biological clock is ticking and she yearns to have her own child too.
In my late teens, i was dying to do see the world. Do all the travelling, backpack to the most exotic places and pull through the worse budget hostels. I didn't exactly do that but I did do some fair bit of travelling. Is that some innate subconscious phase one goes through too? Know that in herds, males usually leave their group to find mates from other groups. they have the tendency to leave. (think i wrote about this before...)
I know guys who have this get-married-settle-down-have-kids mentality too. Is that another biological clock ticking? Another innate thing in us?
I mean 1st of all, why get married? The process of getting married is extremely tiring. Well at least here.. there is the fanciful ceremony to go through, have to choose some auspicious date, have to get the gown, the dinner, the invitations...... such a chore.
Next, why have kids? Because the government is freaking out over falling birth rates? But with prices rising, it gets increasingly more difficult to raise a kid unless you have reached a certain level of wealth. Kids are a luxury item these days.
Of course, there are those fuzzy wuzzy feelings associated with holding your baby in your arms, seeing how cute it is and all that -- trust it, its only temporary. In the old old days, having more kids was considered good. you get free labour in a way. I think now, they just leech off you. I know, cos i am one of them.
oh but guess what? our pro-baby incentives are paying off! Apparently 3% increase in birht rates this quarter!
posted by eline @ 1:49 AM
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