I have just had a random but sort of interesting realization.
Since becoming a parent (the timing could be a coincidence, but I think not), I have dropped a stage or two down on Maslow's hierachical pyramid of needs. Check it out.
I don't think I ever quite tipped into self-actualization mode, certainly not fully, but as most educated and socially and financially independent westerners, I was solidly working the esteem angle. Now, I'm all about love and belonging, and nothin' but. Screw achievement, just give me a little intimacy!
But the craziest thing is, I can't decide if this is an improvement or deterioration. Maybe both.
Curious to realize that the ladder doesn't just work the one way.
