progression

'It's odd when I think of the arc of my life, from child to young woman to aging adult.  First I was who I was.  Then I didn't know who I was.  Then I invented someone and became her.  Then I began to like what I'd invented.  And finally I was what I was again.'

~Anna Quindlen from Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

Going to be chewing on this quote for awhile.