Last year I had some friends visit for a 

workcation

here in 

Bloomington, IN

. Whenever we hung out in a group I felt a bit detached, as though I had grown while everybody else had remained mostly the same as I remembered them.

It was only during my one on ones with them that I noticed I was able to see them. During these interactions with one of my friends I would even go as far as explicitly stating, "you know? we act differently when we're in a group. Why do we act like we're back in college when we are in a group?"

That week seeded a heavy conviction within me. That all of us are constantly changing, contrary to the common axiom that we stop changing once we get to a certain age. I actually believe this is bullshit, and we keep each other down by forcing each other to commit to acting like we once remembered each other.

I sometimes probably feel alien to some of my old friends. But I like to think that sometimes, they actually see me and go, woah.