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.
成长为成年人的过程很有趣。我们的童年和青少年时期,常常在父母付出大量心力和金钱的支持下,学习钢琴、参加舞蹈课、画画、唱歌、做运动。然而,等我们长大到一定年纪后,这些活动却显得有些幼稚、奢侈或孩子气,于是我们往往彻底放弃它们,转而选择更“成熟”的休闲方式,比如精致的美食、逛农夫市集、桑拿、上瑜伽课,甚至如果自我成长意识很强的话,还会致力于个人提升。