When did we all grow up?

So i dont know about most of you… but i have a very strict morning habit/schedule/routine etc etc…

My alarm usually goes off at about 6am…. it then takes me a good 30 mins of whacking the snooze button to finally get my shit into gear. I usually rub my eyes and do this morning yawn noise that sounds like a lion having an asthma attack (do lions get asthma?). I jump into my running gear and go for an early morning run. I come back. I shower. I get changed. Enlightening story isnt it?

I then reach to my iphone and check my emails and stupid messages my mates back in Australia have sent me overnight… They usually range from seeing pictures of a girl who i was once seeing whilst i was back home (maybe its a way to try and lure me to come back to Sydney), to pictures of their dogs (yes, cliffy – you still are cute!) to advice and guidance about what cologne should they wear for certain situations that involve the female species. I then jump on facebook to see whats going on in my social world but even moreso, to keep in touch with whats going on back home in my social group of mates.

But ive noticed something recently. I am starting to see ALOT of kids in my facebook feed.

My 2 best friends who are now very happily married have recently given birth to a gorgeous little lad. This is very special as i feel a very big part of this young mans life even though i am so far away. I was even there when both parents showed me the “pee sticks” when they stayed with me in London. The little blue colour shining through the plastic tampon looking device. It was an exciting time! It still is for that matter – but what occurred to me recently was that instead of my facebook feed being filled with pictures of people drunk, people partying, people passed out, people half nude  or a combination of all that together… i was seeing these little faces – sleeping, smiling, laughing, staring…

It is such a contrast from seeing my mates passed out, pants around their ankles, penis shape drawn on their foreheads…. to now seeing baby’s with their diapers around their ankles (no penis shapes fortunately) instead. Now dont get me wrong, i am not an anti baby kind of guy… if anything i cant wait to meet my mates kid for the first time…. but it makes you wonder, have we really grown up now?

Granted. Yes of course growing up is inevitable. But the sudden change makes me question what the hell am i doing with my life? I am still travelling the world and making my way around the globe, living and working and succeeding with my career. Will i eventually be posting stuff about my kids – most likely! but not yet….

This is my time. This is my life and life is too short to be living someone else’s dream.