Maslow's Hierarchy

[kanlyven]

One of the hardest things about coming back here to Portland, and to this life in general, is how much the life that I had been living here wasn’t really a life as me, as “Adam”. I had traveled to a new place and gotten to know new people and through that process, through learning about others and them learning about me, I reevaluated who I was as

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[truffula_trees]

I also ponder a lot about contentment - is it a bad thing, being comfortable, with no drive to change or improve? I'm not exactly content, but there seems to be a fine line between contentment and complacency, and I'm not sure where I fall, and it scares me at times. The milestone markers of the past generations aren't exactly lining up with our generation, so it's hard to tell at times if I'm where I ought to be, both by my standards and by society's standards. What exactly should one accomplish before thirty? Marriage, maybe even a kid or two? Working on owning a car, a house? Climbing the ladder of your chosen (and prudent) career? Doing amazingly creative things and putting them out there for everyone to see? Spending time with aging relatives, as you never know how long you have left with them? Just doing things you really enjoy doing without much thought for the future, as you really have no idea how much time you yourself have left in life? Who am I, really, at the core of myself - and does what I do with my time