Good post.
I've always been terribly competitive. But I remember a phase where I wondered what I was doing it all for. Being long out of university, and because of the work environment I was in, and the nightlife venues I was going to, I just wasn't around 18-20 year old women. I ended up on a short course for work that was being run in a university, and being around this age group of women literally woke me up, and I felt the drive I had as an 18 year old again. Older women just don't bring out that drive to compete in me, so now I make sure I'm around the young ones as much as possible.
I've always been terribly competitive. But I remember a phase where I wondered what I was doing it all for. Being long out of university, and because of the work environment I was in, and the nightlife venues I was going to, I just wasn't around 18-20 year old women. I ended up on a short course for work that was being run in a university, and being around this age group of women literally woke me up, and I felt the drive I had as an 18 year old again. Older women just don't bring out that drive to compete in me, so now I make sure I'm around the young ones as much as possible.