When did you get a life?

[floppylobster]

Questionnaires are often set up with an age question -

i.e. Are you: 12 and under, 12-18, 18-25, 25-30, 30-40, 40 and over?

But is it true that everyone goes through periods of change at certain ages?

Now that I'm older I can look back and see some definitive periods in my life -

0 - 15 : Complete unawareness
5 - 15 : Learning
15 - 22 : Freedom and enjoyment
22 - 28 : Struggling with independence
28 - 33 : Searching for purpose
33 - 36 : Utterly depressed
37 - : Financially secure

How would you divide up your life by age? Does everyone go through changes at 12, 18, 25, 30, 35 and 40? Or have you been the same person since you were 17?

 

[Simalacrum]

errrrrrmmmmmm...

well I'm 18 right now so I think its a tad early to start considering my entire life just yet

I consider myself to have become more self aware around 14-15 though, and I've noticed a significant amount of increase in mental maturity these past years too.

 

[HardRockSamurai]

Here's how I've divided up my life:

0-13: Bliss
14: Puberty
15+: Living Hell and Psychological Issues

 

[Latinidiot]

1-6 blissful ignorance
7-12 becoming aware
13-14 childish carelesness
15 growing up
16 still havent finished. i'll tell you next year

 

[Strategia]

When did I get a life? After I picked up that 1-UP mushroom.[/obviousjoke]

No, but seriously.

0-3: No memories whatosever
3-10: Dim memories, if any
11-15: Socially awkward reject with exactly one friend
15-17: Developed myself as a social person, got a number of very good friends, starting to develop ideas and viewpoints
17-19: Becoming more independent and self-reliant, rethinking/refining ideas and viewpoints
19-??: We'll see.

 

[Froobyx]

Well since I'm only 18, here goes

0 - 14 - Complete child.
14 - 15 - Became somewhat independant and started growing up, slight depression and went into counselling
15 - 16 - Struggled with the after effects and also a whole new environment
17 - Getting back up on my own feet after an ex had ruined my life and confidence.
18 - Looking forward to the future

 

[r3lix]

I have just turned 17 so i wouldn't really know. Nice thread. keep up the good work.

 

[Zallest]

0-9: Childish
10-15eveloped Sense of Morals and Understanding
16:Stop caring
17-18:Cake is good, People are dumb

I'll tell you when i actually GET a life

 

[Eternal_24]

Well... I really don't remember a lot. I guess my first clear memories are from the age of like 12ish, I guess I had fun but school was always boring for me. Through the age of 14 to 15 I went out at every oportunity and was pretty social and enjoyed myself but through the ages of 16 to 17 (current age) I don't even leave the house anymore. I suddenly just lost interest in everything; I don't make an effort to go out and meet people, I'm content to just stay at home alone all day... I don't know what happened. College is out for Summer here in the UK and the only time I've been out is on driving lessons. I'm starting to wonder if I should be concerned...

 

[Irridium]

Since I'm 18 I'll try my best

0-10 - Blissful Ignorance
11-13 - becoming aware
14-18 - dreading the day I have to go out into the real world. Also Very boring school period with few friends.
19-??? - We'll see when we get there.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

0-5: Happiness and Soap Operas
5-12: Hell
12-16: School Actually Being Fun
16-17: Out of School, Full Time Babysitter, Still Broke
18: Finally Getting Paid For What I Do

 

[Bobbyskizza]

00-10: childish
10-12: vaugely interesdted in girls
13-14: started drinking
15-21: actually did something about the interest in girls
21-24: started actually sorting my life out job/education wise
24-27: decent job, live wiht my girlfriend, still drinking

 

[Abedeus]

0-6 meh
7-13 boredom in middle school
14-16 sick, sick, sick some more.
17+ - meh, now.

 

[Sigel]

0-3: Very Vague
3-9: Vague but happy
9-13: Happy go lucky
13-17: Depressed, suicidal, and angry
17-21: Freedom, experimentation
21-24: Personal stupidity, reviewlations, growth
24-28: Happy, exited, busy
29: Kinda depressed, still busy

I have always had a life. It is all in how you define it.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

0-6 Wonderful ignorance.
7-12 Unserious and not doing much with life.
13-15 Starting to get a deeper perspective on my life, minor depression, individualism growing, as well as having my cynicism grow strong.
15+ No idea, it will probably be filled with hate, anger, and guns. In a game, that is.

 

[cathou]

0-12 - childhood, fun and play
12-15 - want to be an adult some day
15-17 - Learning the lifes things the hard way
17-20 - data corrupted/file missing
20-25 - Discovering the good things in life
25-28 - re-living teen years missing
29- - starting to prepare a long term future

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

0-5: Complete ignorance
6-11: Smartass-learning period
12-15: Still learning, but social awareness developed, discovery of alcohol and guitarness
16+: Complete ignorance

 

[Proteus214]

0-4: Total confusion.
4-10: Just going with the flow.
10-13: Forming an identity for myself.
14-17: HELL (aka the source of all my problems)
18-19: Rediscovering what not hating life is like (aka when I discovered alcohol).
20-22: Hating life all over again.
23-?: Oh hey look, a job!

 

[Zorg Machine]

1-2 lack of life due to lack of reading ability
3-5 life due to reading ability
5-10 understanding the world
10-15 understanding that no one else does
15+ rich life where I become the emperor of India before being usurped by my evil twin brother and being placed in a coma before realizing that it is actually a horrible show

 

[lwm3398]

1-2 lack of life due to lack of reading ability
3-5 life due to reading ability
5-10 understanding the world
10-15 understanding that no one else does

Two thumbs up, as this is about how it happened for me.