{"id":6304,"date":"2012-12-14T18:04:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T22:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/?p=6304"},"modified":"2012-12-14T18:06:01","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T22:06:01","slug":"a-theory-on-growing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/2012\/12\/14\/a-theory-on-growing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"A Theory on Growing Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nI’ve been thinking a lot lately on what it means to grow up. Perhaps this is because I am now in my early 30’s, and I feel this is a time in my life where I am learning to let go of childish behaviors, while still maintaining my childlike wonder.<\/p>\n

This is my theory on what growing up is all about \u2013 learning to love, manage and keep your stuff<\/em> in your box<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For me growing up is about learning to care for and love your box<\/em> (your Self) and all the crazy beautiful stuff<\/em> you find inside of it. It’s also about learning that you do not need, nor want, to take on other people’s stuff<\/em> and put it into your box<\/em>. That’s their stuff<\/em> to care for and your box <\/em>is already full with your stuff<\/em>. Your box<\/em> is enough.<\/em><\/p>\n

Equally being responsible for your stuff<\/em> also means learning to not take your stuff<\/em> and try and put it into another person’s box<\/em>. It is not theirs to deal with.<\/p>\n

I see the beauty of growing up is in understanding that each of us is wholly responsible for our box<\/em> and what we do with the stuff<\/em> inside it<\/strong>. Love it, hate it, ignore it, it’s your choice and your responsibility.<\/p>\n

To truly grow up is to learn to stand shoulder to shoulder in acceptance with another box<\/em> and stay true to your own journey with your stuff<\/em> while being supportive of theirs.<\/p>\n

photo credit: Steven Snodgrass<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Your<\/a>
\nI’ve been thinking a lot lately on what it means to grow up. Perhaps this is because I am now in my early 30’s, and I feel this is a time in my life where I am learning to let go of childish behaviors, while still maintaining my childlike wonder.<\/p>\n

This is my theory on what growing up is all about \u2013 I think it’s about learning to love, manage and keep your stuff<\/em> in your box<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For me growing up is about learning to care for and love your box<\/em> (your Self) and all the crazy beautiful stuff<\/em> you find inside of it. It’s also about learning that you do not need, nor want, to take on other people’s stuff<\/em> and put it into your box<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[35,154,98,152],"class_list":["post-6304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing","tag-growth","tag-manage","tag-self","tag-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elasticmind.ca\/innerpreneur\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}