Robin May Flemingさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Robin May FlemingInstagram)「In my 20s, I had an artificial Christmas tree that I left up waaaay past Christmas. Through January it still felt festive. In February it mostly faded into the background of my apartment. By March it was a collector of dust and a constant source of self-inflicted stress; it looked the same, but it didn’t feel the same. As April approached, I jokingly said it would be my “Easter tree.” But it wasn’t a very funny joke, and a family member kindly helped me take it down. Oh the relief. I remember those fraught days. I had just started my career, and was acutely aware I was leaving so much behind while still somehow lagging behind what I’d envisioned for myself. I was holding tight and letting go and extremely vulnerable to overwhelm. Funny (sad? beautiful?) how that still describes my experience of life. Striving—and sometimes struggling—to stay true as the seasons flow past. Looking ahead, enjoying the view, and also wishing in my bones to STOP. Just stop. Do we ever get to stop?? Through my 20s, 30s, and now in my 40s, I kick and scream and embrace in equal, exquisitely human measure. As that Christmas tree lingered, my boyfriend at the time (Hi, Justin!) started counting aloud. He reached five or so before I asked what he was doing. “I’m counting your grey hairs.” I longed to keep that Christmas tree up. But eventually I let it go. And the seasons flowed.」3月24日 8時02分