it’s just a phase \/ it’s not just a phase, mom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s true that younger people tend to not be so great at estimating how long something might last, because they haven\u2019t had a lot of life experience yet. That said, it\u2019s not necessarily true that older people are great estimators either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I find myself reflecting on the \u201cphases\u201d of my own youth. I was really into basketball for a while. But I don\u2019t think I ever really believed I was going to go pro with it. I thought it would be cool if I could play for a school team, but that never materialised. I haven\u2019t played ball in years, though id still like to, casually. I look forward to introducing my son to it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tyson saying his trophies are garbage\u2026 lots of people, upon attaining some measure of success, fairly quickly seem to realize afterwards that it doesn\u2019t bring lasting fulfilment. Obama talked about this re: becoming president. The pomp and ceremony wears off quick. The stresses persist. Jim Carrey, Matt Damon. I remember comments in Shaq about loneliness\u2026 people dying of thirst can\u2019t imagine that water poisoning is real<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I bring that up in the context of thinking and taking about phases\u2026 there was a time where those medals meant a lot to Tyson. And who would he have been if he never had those? I used to be conflicted about whether I could discern my true feelings about these things, and now I find it very clarifying to think about what I\u2019d tell my son. I would say, winning feels good. But it\u2019s not everything. Michael Phelps has depression. But out of millions of depressed people only one guy has all those medals and records<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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