I think it was Jefferson who expected revolution with every generation, but it was a common theme in the early state constitutions in the early days.
When we are kids, our parents pass their strategies and coping methods to us. The schools try to pass on the skills and habits that will make us useful in the workforce. College supposedly gives us a set of ideas to survive and motivate ourselves to solve work, relationships and help us set ourselves a reasonable course for a while. Middle age and kids make us reset our lives again, and keep adjusting for the next 20 years, and then we can contemplate our mortality and retirement. This still leaves plenty of time to change careers every 4 years, have a divorce, or a health scare, and spinkle around some time to bury the previous generation.
Right now our jobs aren't supposed to last longer than 4 years, and that extra chaos has made our home lives less stable. It is certainly not what we 40 and 50 somethings were trained to expect.
When you look at all the major events that get thrown at us, It's a miracle that some people can manage to hang onto each other long enough to raise the kids.
I guess for me, the challenge is to manage change so that it is not disorienting, but still allows the air and light in.
sorry, ranting now.... going back to the garage....
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Date: 2011-05-14 03:52 am (UTC)When we are kids, our parents pass their strategies and coping methods to us. The schools try to pass on the skills and habits that will make us useful in the workforce. College supposedly gives us a set of ideas to survive and motivate ourselves to solve work, relationships and help us set ourselves a reasonable course for a while. Middle age and kids make us reset our lives again, and keep adjusting for the next 20 years, and then we can contemplate our mortality and retirement. This still leaves plenty of time to change careers every 4 years, have a divorce, or a health scare, and spinkle around some time to bury the previous generation.
Right now our jobs aren't supposed to last longer than 4 years, and that extra chaos has made our home lives less stable. It is certainly not what we 40 and 50 somethings were trained to expect.
When you look at all the major events that get thrown at us, It's a miracle that some people can manage to hang onto each other long enough to raise the kids.
I guess for me, the challenge is to manage change so that it is not disorienting, but still allows the air and light in.
sorry, ranting now.... going back to the garage....