25...

       It is now my first full day as a 25 year old, and as usual I feel no older than I did the day before.  However, I feel much more than a year older than I did at this point in time last year. Time is gradual, but it definitely takes its toll.  I think that my relative position to those I spend the majority of my time with, still being an undergrad at 25, is what helps me to recognize the substantial leaps in perception that I have made in the past few years. I am a thoroughly different person compared to a few years ago.  The core of my being hasn’t necessarily changed, although I feel that I have shifted a bit even in that, but these changes in my life have led me to ponder time and its relationship to me as well as its impact on how I live my life.  If I can gauge how time has interacted with me in my life, taking out all the extraneous variables, then maybe I can come to a more full understanding of how to live.

-Chase