I can’t remember who said this, but they essentially boiled “life phases” down to two: child or parent.

As black and white as it is,, it’s also rather attractive and beneficial, especially in our day and age where people seem to be stuck in childhood. It seems I want to put labels on every little phase of my life, but in reality, what separates life in half is the act of producing a new life out of your own.

Embracing which phase you are in could help propel you toward parenthood, and, once you’re there, realize that your life has undergone a paradigm shift, leading you into new directions with new responsibilities never before possible.