I don't think about this a lot, either, which is why it's kind of dizzying when it occurs to me. :-)
Pus, the part no one tells you is that though people talk about it like new versions of themselves completely replace the old versions — like a new computer file will overwrite another with the same name — but really the new person just seems to grow over the old one, like rings on a tree, because the old stuff seems to be still there, and surprisingly accessible or important on occasion.
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I don't think about this a lot, either, which is why it's kind of dizzying when it occurs to me. :-)
Pus, the part no one tells you is that though people talk about it like new versions of themselves completely replace the old versions — like a new computer file will overwrite another with the same name — but really the new person just seems to grow over the old one, like rings on a tree, because the old stuff seems to be still there, and surprisingly accessible or important on occasion.