@benhamill Huh; to my ear *"I am incipient" sounds ungrammatical?

I'm not quite sure if it has to do with the (lack of) animacy of its referent, or if there's something else my sleepy brain is sensing.

E.g. it feels like one can talk of "incipient joy" but not "incipient cat".

That said: indeed, Western society expects us to have ourselves sorted *long* before we're fully mature. I'm 45 & only just now think I know what I want to be when I grow up! 🙃