To me, progress through life can generally be defined by a series of "realizations." That is, a person realizes something about themselves, their place in the world, an emotional truth, a physical reality, etc.
To some people, this concept is called "maturing" or "experience" or "learning." I thus define age as a partial function of personality: how many of these distinct realizations fall within a given time frame defines how a person's personality is defined.
A young child may realize something on average once a week (a new word, behavior norms, etc.). A hormonal high schooler may try to realize something every day, maybe every hour (read: drama). A young adult may come to a realization when something life-changing occurs (new friend, promotion, loss of family, etc.).
One important point to get across, however, is that realizations never stop occurring, may not always be accurate, and are always subject to change. Wrong realizations are called "assumptions."
There, I'm done philosophizing for the night. Now go grab your cookies and think about that for a while - but not too much; you don't want to stumble upon too many realizations at once.
Out.
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