Do Limitless Possibilities Decline with Age?

When I was in college I was constantly changing major. I took as many core classes as I could that would count towards multiple majors as long as possible. And when I finally decided to major in Graphic Design and Business Administration, it was because I needed the least amount of extra credits to fulfill the degrees, plus I was there on a partial art scholarship that required me to major in art. But I felt like I could be anything besides a doctor and a ballerina when I was between majors at college. I could see an infinite number of paths in front of me, not knowing where I would end up and after I dropped out of grad school to peruse a lucrative online career as a content creator (which I’d been setting myself up for the previous 10 years without knowing the name for it) I felt infinite again for a while.

Fast forward 5 years and I accidentally became a dog mom based on one quick decision to say I’ll take this dog…then my dog needed a dog, so we got her a dog. I’m a full time happy mother of two dogs (along with other carers), but I don’t feel like I can do anything or be any one anymore. I’m also not terribly interested in anything at the moment and am incredibly happy, despite the fact that I’m currently being barked at and we’ve been outside three times in the last hour. But I do feel tied to the care and priorities of my animals instead of feeling like I can drop everything and run off to a foreign country (in fact I turned that very opportunity down the other day…).