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Tell Me What's Awesome About Being Your Age

Kestra

Kestra

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I recently went back to IL to visit family and friends and I felt strangely older. I haven't even been gone a full year but I felt quite different. I think it's largely because of a forced independence, but I've also gradually been growing more and more aware of the people around me aging. My sis hit 30 this past year, I'm approaching it myself, and while I know many people who dislike that it really doesn't bother me too much.

I consider myself a pretty insecure person overall but I was recently struck by how much self-confidence I've gained with age. I'm very different in that regard compared to five or ten years ago. I'm looking forward to my 30s and 40s, and I'm sure I'll have more to look forward to but I don't want to look too far ahead!

So tell me what's awesome about being your age? It doesn't have to be specific to your age, but maybe something about where you are in life now, where you've been, etc. And this isn't just for older people or younger people, it's for everyone!

What are you enjoying about your current stage in life? What do you look forward to?
 
At 66, just being here is pretty good. Feeling as good as I do with no limitations on movement, stamina or (apparently) cognitive ability is even better. Having a good job and solid family environment is just plain great. Looking forward to many more birthdays and years of life's surprises.
 
Kestra said:
I consider myself a pretty insecure person overall but I was recently struck by how much self-confidence I've gained with age.
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This. This, this, this. I'm 43, and am glad to be older. I'm happier, calmer and wiser (at least I hope so!) than I used to be. I feel much more free to just be who and what I am, and don't much care any more if people I don't much like don't like me, either.

I also love my kids getting older. Don't get me wrong, there were great things about their younger years, but they were born very close together, and my youngest child's autism was much, much worse when he was a preschooler. I'm lucky to have a close relationship with my kids, especially my daughter, who's 15. We both love your girlie days out where we do a bit of shopping and maybe have a meal out, just the two of us.

I must admit that I'm starting to feel my age a bit physically. I'm very overweight, which I can do something about to stop the aches and pains in my joints which sometimes creep up. Some things I can't control, however, such as my eyesight worsening and now needing reading glasses as well as glasses to see long distance. Also, I was at a group job interview a few weeks ago and discovered that I was older than the mother of one of the other applicants, and that didn't sit well for a few moments. :lol:

Despite my weight issues my overall health is very good, and I hope to stay this way. My father is 85 and is doing quite well, and my mother was also pretty healthy for her age (73) before cancer took her. I have a pretty positive attitude to life, much more now than just, say, 5 years ago. So, yeah, getting older's been a good thing for me. :)
 
I'm fascinated by the way things/places/people change over the years, so having more than 40 years worth of memories/experience is awesome in that regard. Sounds silly, I know. But there you are.

Also, I like having grey hair. Booyah.
 
Nothing really springs to mind, not much really seems to change I don't feel much different than I did a year ago , 5 years ago.
 
I just turned 34, and it's good.

On one hand, I'm getting used to realize than I'm growing older, and my body and my mind are not in peak performances as they were, say, 10 year ago. Don't get me wrong, I'm still pretty sharp both mentally and physically, but I would be lying if I said that the difference isn't noticeable (at least to me). Maybe it's the consequence of living in a very competitive environment, but the new kids about town are way too fast with their smarts for my tastes. It bugged me for a while, but recently I've come to realize also that I'm getting increasingly better with people. I find it increasingly easier to navigate social events, and I'm even getting comfortable in taking change of stuff, something I would never suspect of myself. In RPG speak, I may have lost a point in INT, but I've raised a few points in CHA. :p

I'm also more at peace with myself: I was always quite cool-headed, but while in the past I was a bundle of emotions restrained with some effort, now I'm more naturally in control of myself. I suppose that could be WIS. :lol:

In addition, I'm enjoying the sense of having more definite focus in my life: much less wandering and wondering, just a quiet but solid sense of direction.
 
I'm 24. I'm still trying to find solid ground and figure things out, but I've got good health and a strong will. The sense of freedom I feel at this age is powerful stuff, tempered only by the responsibilities. overall, no complaints.
 
At 41 I like the fact that I'm a lot more relaxed about what I wear, I've never been a slave to fashion but I'm even less so now. Just a shame about all these aches and pains I never used to have before :)
 
ITL said:
I'm fascinated by the way things/places/people change over the years, so having more than 40 years worth of memories/experience is awesome in that regard. Sounds silly, I know. But there you are.

Also, I like having grey hair. Booyah.
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This. And this. Not dying and learning stuff is cool. And so is grey hair.


Squiggy said:
I'm a white male aged 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me.
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They stop listening to you when you turned 26.
 
Nothing specifically, I don't think about my age much (i'm 35). I feel the same now as I did when I was 18, except I'm fitter now.
 
^Man, I'm 29, but I feel very different to how I was when I was 18!


On a related note, a study done about 5 years ago found that older people are happier than younger people. The interesting and charmingly funny part of the study was this detail: it was found that older people reported being happier than when they were younger, but that they tended to assume that they were the exception to the rule, and that most people became more unhappy as they aged. It seems the average person can look forward to growing happiness!
 
Starkers said:
At 41 I like the fact that I'm a lot more relaxed about what I wear, I've never been a slave to fashion but I'm even less so now. Just a shame about all these aches and pains I never used to have before :)
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Agreed. I turned 42 a month ago, and have had cerebral palsy all my life, so I'm used to living with pain. The hard part is telling the difference between the pain caused by my CP, and the pain caused by getting older. It's getting tougher to sort out what's what.

Regarding my CP, what's awesome about me is I'm a survivor. When I was a kid, the doctors told my mom not to expect me to ever walk, or live to see 15. I started walking at age four (and still do, only now I use a wheelchair over long distances) and I lived well beyond 15 (obviously).

What annoys the hell out of me is that people have changed from calling me a "tough hombre" to a "tough old bird".:scream:
 
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