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this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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Well I didn't enjoy being a child, but have enjoyed being an adult. Maybe you need to reframe your question? I don't feel like I have an inner child (except when I was pregnant, lol) but have never lost my sense of wonder, the joy at seeing the sky, the garden, hearing music, all sorts of experiences feel so wonderful.
You don't need to be a child to enjoy life. The idea of being stuck in childhood, unchanging, is terrifying. But there is an unbroken line, everything you have done and been is yours, it's you. You are more now, have perspective you did not before, can see things in different ways.
If you are burned out at work, take a break! Sometimes I go in our little gym at work and stand on my hands, getting a different perspective on the world literally.