Beyond Society's Blueprint | #THINKINGHUES
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I had the marvellous privilege of spending a girls' weekend away with my cousins in Thailand recently— a delightful escape to the country known as the land of smiles. Amidst the laughter, pampering, and feasting, what struck me was the age range that stood between us— from 23 to 38. What I couldn’t help but think about is how the spectrum of ages we represented captures the essence of the most transformative years of life.
Your twenties and thirties are formative years in your adult life. They witness the blossoming of careers, the discovery of identities, the ebb and flow of relationships, and the emergence of lifelong visions. Gone are the days when life is attached to school calendars or semester timelines.
In these decades, you are on your own unique path, free from any predefined route and responsible for crafting your own journey. Your life reflects the sum of your experiences and the opportunities that arise from the decisions you make.
These are the foundational years when the choices you make not only determine your own destiny but will also create ripples of influence in your surrounding communities.
Collectively, anyone in this age group is one who will shape your future and the future of generations to come as this demographic of human beings has the longest time left to live— albeit they don’t bid their farewells prematurely. Given an average life expectancy that stretches into the 70s or 80s, these individuals are at their midpoint in life.
During those four days, I was charmed by the individualities between my cousins and me. Despite travelling with three pairs of sisters, who’d grown up close, and celebrated countless holidays, birthdays and plenty of other occasions together; and although we had similar backgrounds, upbringings, bloodlines, exposures, and environments, our characteristics and perspectives were glaringly distinct— with stark differences especially evident amongst siblings. Though similarities were present, they were surprisingly fewer than one would expect. Perhaps, while there is an expectation of correlations, considering the close kinship we shared, the diversity between us is what stood out to me the most.
