My Younger Self - Same or Different?

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This week's topic is an interesting one. 10 WAYS YOU ARE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT FROM YOUR YOUNGER SELF.

1. Different: My younger self used to love shopping. Now? Not so much. In fact, it is one of my least favorite things to do. I don't mind window shopping, or strolling along poking into this shop or that one. But shopping with a purpose? No thanks. Bad customer service and rude customers have turned me away. Don't even mention grocery shopping...

2. Same: Just like my younger self, I still battle my thick, naturally wavy-with-frizz hair every day of my life. Except the days I get it cut and someone ELSE styles it.

3. Different: My younger self was a self proclaimed non-runner. I hated running. I sucked at running. My current self not only likes running, but loves a good workout.

4. Different: My current self has gained wisdom and experience in many ways. Very importantly, my current self knows what my younger self didn't - there is no need to keep on chugging alcohol through the night, as the end result will not be one I am happy about. I have long since discovered that seriously drinking leads to a loss of control (which this control-freak despises), a very close relationship with a Porcelain God, and a really nasty hangover that has gotten a lot harder to recover from with age. Which isn't to say that I don't still appreciate a good wine buzz. But no overkill here.

5. Same: I am an animal lover to the core. Always have been, always will be. And even though I don't have one anymore, I am still very much a "horse crazy girl".

6. Same: I still love jeans. Jeans are my friend, my comfort. I just can't beat a good fitting pair of jeans. And when that really great pair wears out, I feel a great sense of loss.

7. Different: I've grown a sense of confidence that my younger self lacked, sometimes quite badly.

8. Same: I am still a book reader. Sometimes I don't have the time I wish I did to read, but I still love to read and can curl up with a good book whenever I've got the time.

9. Different: I can get up with my alarm clock now on the first try. Sometimes I consciously choose a single snooze window, but then I get up. When I was in high school (and some years beyond) I could, and would, hit snooze for 45 minutes before waking enough to get out of bed. I didn't even remember the first half hour of it.

10. Different: I eat many things that I used to think were "gross". There were some years where Lela and I were convinced that mushrooms were the grossest thing on the planet, and to ask either one of us, you would have been told they taste like "snot". And then I discovered sauteed mushrooms. I'll eat 'em anyway you serve them now, from raw to cooked to stuffed. YUM! Plus lots of greens, tomatoes and other veggies. I still dislike asparagus - it's a texture thing.

***Ally
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