It seems to me that as we get older, we get ourselves used to certain things. Music for example, we listen to a certain genre or maybe a few different genres, but when we get to a certain age any new music that comes out doesn't seem to have that same feeling you get when listening to it.
Trying to listen to new types of music is hard and now I no why my parents used to roll their eyes when they had to listen to stuff I liked to play. They were stuck in the past and only liked the music they used to listen to.
Buying new clothes is also something that becomes difficult. We tend to latch onto a certain style that compliments our body types but when that style is no longer popular and new styles come out we look for the old style we used to wear.
When you are younger it seems to me that you can adapt to an assortment of different styles and change with the times. I used to buy jeans that had no holes in them when you bought them, now the jeans you buy look like they have been worn by a construction worker for a year before you can buy them. They look used and beat up and usually cost twice as much.
Hairstyles also get stuck in a rut, I see lots of women with what I call "High school hair" meaning that they are 40 plus years old and still have the exact hair style they had when they were in high school. They usually have the same makeup style as well, bright blue eye shadow and caked on foundation.
I do try to keep up with the times, and force myself out of my comfort zone to try new things and listen to new types of music, but more and more it is becoming very alien in feeling, and all the new stuff just doesn't feel "right".
Is there a way to reprogram our minds to accept the new and trendy? Or is it our natural path to simply age and end up wearing suspenders with pants that come up to our arm pits, and blue and pink flowered moo-moo's with a large straw hat.
How do you get out of being stuck i n a rut?
Scott Goerz
