Jemma Spike

So if you think about it, like almost like the building of a society.

Zero to nine is when like everybody's like pitching tents, like everybody's just trying to figure out what's going on.

Like there's all these disparate areas, all these different regions and like they're not very connected and it's like kind of rudimentary.

Then like that second period, nine to 32 is when, you know, we start building some roads between the towns.

Like things start to get a bit more coherent.

32 to 63 is when like, yeah, we've got major buildings going up.

We've got a highway.

We've got all the structures like are good to go after 63 to 83.

It's like, oh, you know, people kind of, you know, we're getting like the people kind of moving out of town.

You know, they don't really use all those little.

suburban streets we built for them it really just made they use like you know a couple of main roads and 83 onwards is like the town is now bypassed by a highway there's like a couple of roads that run through those are the ones that are used all those little disparate neighborhoods are no longer really supported that's like the best way i can think of explaining it

What the study basically found is that there is not one final age we land at and we are good to go.

We are changing in different ways across our lives based on our neural and environmental and social and emotional and mental needs.

It also says that, you know, if you are in your 20s right now, which I'm pretty sure you are, I'm going to take a well-informed guess considering you're looking or you're listening to this podcast, don't feel like you are locked in.

You will continue to be in a state of exploration and change and growth until your mid-30s.

And then after that, you will continue to be in a state of optimization until your 60s.

If you're in your mid-20s and you're waiting for that epiphany that comes with your frontal lobe developing for good...

You know, you may have to wait a little bit longer.

That is a good thing.

What this study also talked about is how much we are at an advantage during this period to shift and change and really influence what pathways are strengthened and which pathways are abandoned.