Through the years, I know I've said this more than a few times, I've become more rational and less emotional. At the same time, I've become more critical, skeptical and cynical.

And definitely, I've become more practical and pragmatic. I don't think I've become less idealistic nor less dreamy, but I've definitely tempered all these with more grounded reality. I've become way more task-oriented than I used to be, and find myself at various junctures asking: 'so what's the point of this?' or 'what's the point of that?'

And it's such an unfamiliar ground that I find myself still trying to cope with the changes, and still trying to find my identity.

Bildungsroman?