This is one of my favorite “finds” when I am in the market for a new bedroom or office room. I am always drawn to old and new furniture for its color and design, and this bench is no exception. It has an old black and white photograph of a beach scene on the bench’s top, a simple line of red and blue, and a simple border of white and black.
I picked this up from a thrift store and was surprised by the price. I thought it was a cheap plastic bench, but for less than $25 it is worth every penny.
While browsing thrift stores and searching for beach photos, I came across a bunch of old seaside photos that I thought were interesting. They were all taken on the same day, and the pictures all show the same person, the same view, and in all of them the same beach scene. One of the photos showed a beach scene with a man and child walking together on the beach together, and the image was shot from the same point of view. It made me think about my own childhood.
It’s hard to believe it, but there are just as many photos of my childhood (and other places I was) as there are of my present. Like the one above, there are hundreds of photos of me in my early teens, and hundreds more of me as a teen; there are pictures of my earliest days, photos of me getting my own beer, and photos of me in my first car, photos of me in my first home, and so on.
Well, the photos in the photo above show me in my twenties and early thirties, but also a couple of photos show me in my early thirties. I have to admit I was pretty young to be in photos of me as a teen and young 20s. I was also pretty young to be in the photos I have been in my early twenties.
At one time or another, I’ve always been in photos of me as an adult, so I’m very glad there are lots of old photos of me in my early twenties. The new photos of me in my early thirties make me feel younger and more interesting than I’ve ever been in my early twenties. This is the first time I’ve used the phrase “early thirties” for my photos in my early twenties.
The new photo of me in my early thirties make me feel younger and more interesting than Ive ever been in my early twenties. This is the first time Ive used the phrase early thirties for my photos in my early twenties.
In an earlier article, we spoke about the fact that our brains are always working on creating new neurons, new synapses, and new cells. This is why we experience a sense of mental fatigue when we are forced to spend longer periods of time in one place than in another, because we need more things to think about. There is a biological reason for this too.
As we age our brains become less “wired” for long periods of time in one place. The old brain tends to need to be in one place to function well, but that is not necessarily the case for everyone. One reason for that is that old brain cells have been damaged by years of constant use, while new ones are constantly being born.
In the past, in the early stages of development, new brain cells would be born every day, and were more active than those in older brain cells. In the end, however, it was the latter that were the most active. As an older person you could see the difference between the two, and it was very clear that the older cells were not being used as much. But as you get older and spend more time in one spot, the new cells take over.