Breaking down the 25: (1) A strong support group

Hello and welcome to another attempt at blogging regularly again. This time I will go for topics based on what was listed in my previous post.

See the entire list here: http://quarkinator.blogspot.com/2010/08/list-of-25.html

(1) A strong support group

I. Family
I think I was lucky enough not to have parents that were too strict with me. They still set limitations and doled out punishments when needed but I think I had more freedom compared to some of the people I know.
They're very supportive and act more as a recommending body with veto powers than a totalitarian regime.

I remember this one time that I got drunk and my coworker had me call them up. Mom picked up and the first words out of my mouth were along the lines of "Mom, I'm drunk. I'm staying over at a friend's place." I could completely imagine the humor in her eyes and in a friendly, knowing tone, she said okay. The day after, I get back home to the grins of two adults and was regaled with some similar stories from their early years.

All in all, I don't think I had any major problems with my family.

II. Friends
We all have a core group methinks; that certain mix of people that you relay practically everything there is about your life. I think I found that group in college. As we grow older, I'm pretty much aware that we may drift apart considering my lack of initiating communications with them, but we're still relatively tight as of now. There are parts of my life that they know about that my family doesn't, and the same holds true in reverse in as much as my core group doesn't know everything there is about my family history.

I sometimes wonder if the core group will ever expand.

So here I am at 25 and close to a month years old. I ramble online and try not to get too stressed at work these days. I've got good foundations with the people I care most about and here's to hoping that they'll always stab me in the front as per Oscar Wilde's conjecture.

A List of 25

Dear self,

Please see attached list for your quarter life reference. Please be advised that while some things may already be set in stone, a few adjustments with a chisel can still be made.

1. A strong support group
2. A duality of nature
3. A thousand musings left unsaid
4. A few key things said wrongly
5. A sense of losing who you are
6. A reflection of what should be
7. An acceptance of a world beyond full control
8. A maturity that came too soon
9. Moxie
10. The power of silence
11. An appreciation for my key mentors
12. Interpersonal growth
13. A blind spot to work on
14. Slices of pizza
15. Cuddling
16. Knowing shortcomings
17. Movie marathons
18. Sid Meier
19. Stuck in a moment
20. Thousands of books
21. Contentment with what is already there
22. A stretched budget
23. INTJ
24. Hair loss
25. Life, love and the pursuit of the things I want to be

No quarter life crisis for the G-man. :-)