Maybe it's just me, but I feel like we're too mature (see: old) to still be desperately looking forward to things, like an overgrown kid still wanting to grow up too fast. If there's one thing I've learned since college, it's that everybody lives on their own timeline that's as unique to them as their fingerprints.
Long ago I made it a goal of mine to never rush someone else's timeline, whether it relates to a job, a relationship, a child, a house, or anything else that's life-changing to that degree.
So you think people should find the career of their dreams right out of college, then find their significant other, then get engaged after a minimum of 1.5 years and a maximum of 3 years of dating, then get married after a minimum of 9 months and a maximum of 14 months of engagement, then have kids after a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 3 years of DINK (Double Income No Kids), and your magical ideal timeline goes on and on and on.
That's cool. That's fine. But that cookie cutter formula just isn't for everybody.
Perhaps I'm harping on this too long, but I just hate when people are pressured into monumental decisions in their lives. And on top of that, life is going by way too fast to perpetually waste time looking toward "the next step."
(Come to think of it, maybe this entire post should have "Trace Adkins - You're Gonna Miss This" playing in the background like an old school Asian Avenue page.)
Let's all just take a deep breath, laugh a little more, and enjoy where we're at.
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