Maturity

It facinates me how much people mature daily, especially when I reflect on myself. Looking back at the past posts that I wrote (which were quite awhile ago), I can see so many little things that I just chuckle to myself about now, and how I cant believe I wrote some of those things. For instance, when I was head over heals about the one girl. I am so amazed that I actually believed what I did even after knowing her for only a few days. Reflecting on that, all I can say is how immature and incredibly ignorant I was. But not only do I see my maturity change in blogs or facebook posts, but even when I'm driving around town and think of things that I did here or there, I am amazed at how I actually did some of those things.
The more I think about it, could going from living with two foreigners in my on-campus house to living in my current apartment with a 25-year-old store manager who is more laid back and doing more with his life have done more for my maturity than not? Or, could the fact that I have been single for about two years now be a factor to the growth of my maturity? I mean, sure I met someone a week ago, and maybe it will turn into something, maybe it wont, but so far I like her and we will see where it goes from here. Another factor may have been my job? Going on 8 months on the job and still loving it, but being around a business environment at least 10-15 hours a week, could that be contributing to my maturity? Im sure all of these have had some contribution to my maturity, and obviously I still have a long ways to go, but isn't it amazing how much we can mature even in just a year, a month, or a day?
This brings me to a couple sub-questions. Can somoene really mature in a week, day, or something less? Or is it just the realization of something that we did not know earlier in that amount of time? The second question is more of a measurement idea. Is there anyway that we can monitor or measure our own maturity? Is there someway we can really tell how mature one person is compared to another?
Anyways, it is nice to begin to have these realizations and to notice that I am actually maturing. Next, I am going to put my maturity to the test, and if anything does happen with the newest girl I have met, will I be able to act mature enough around her? She is two years older, so will I be able to give her the guy she wants, maturity-wise? ...I guess we'll find out!