Growth? Or Development?? 

People often say you get better as you grow older. Maybe I kinda believed it. Up until now. You see, I recently stumbled on a story I began to write when I was 16 and I fainted. Okay, I didn’t faint. Let’s just say I was shocked. And impressed. If I didn’t know any better, I would have denied ever writing that piece. It was a piece of fiction. and excellent! The plot, the vocabulary, everything. It made me extremely proud of my younger self.

And then, it occurred to me that my older self can not compete with my younger self. You see, I have not written in a long time. My excuse has always been rather convenient- no time. I began to feel disappointed with myself. I am older, so I should be better (well, naturally so).

Then it struck me, you do not get better because you are older. You get better beacuse you’re  consistently and consciously working to improve yourself; Growth is automatic but development is deliberate! 

So, this is my commitment to write more……

Cheers to getting better🥂🥂

#thisisnotfiction #personalexperience

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