It’s a funny thing, becoming an adult. We spend our childhoods and teenage years learning the piano, going to dance classes, drawing, singing, playing sports — often at vast expense to our parents. And then we get to an age at which these things feel too silly, too indulgent, too juvenile, so we often give them up entirely in favour of more grown-up leisure pursuits: fancy meals, farmers’ markets, saunas, yoga classes, and, if we’re really evolved, personal development.
成長為成年人的過程很有趣。我們的童年和青少年時期,常常在父母付出大量心力和金錢的支持下,學習鋼琴、參加舞蹈課、畫畫、唱歌、做運動。然而,等我們長大到一定年紀后,這些活動卻顯得有些幼稚、奢侈或孩子氣,于是我們往往徹底放棄它們,轉而選擇更“成熟”的休閑方式,比如精致的美食、逛農夫市集、桑拿、上瑜伽課,甚至如果自我成長意識很強的話,還會致力于個人提升。