Age, or rather birthdays, haven’t ever bothered me. Not when I turned 30 or 40 or 50 or even 55. In three weeks I will be 59. My sister turned 60 yesterday which means my birthday is 20 days away. We are a year and twenty-one days apart so the realization that she is 60 made me pause and realize that on Christmas day, I will be 364 days away from 60. Wow. I’m not sure if it really bothers me but this is the first time that my age or my coming age has made me stop and think and realize that I have a lot fewer years ahead of me than I do behind me.
I should make a bucket list but I don’t have enough time to complete all the things in the bucket so maybe I should make a “cup list” instead?!
Sixty.
Wow.
It is what it is.
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LOL @ “Cup list” I love that! I say make the list anyways it gives you something to aim for!
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There’s always time, I think, to be who you’re becoming, even if there isn’t time or opportunity to do everything you’d ideally like to do. And I think you’re engaged in that process, in a very thoughtful way.
On a somewhat related note…maybe it’s just midlife crisis stuff, but I cannot figure out why all of my fortysomething friends refer to themselves as “old.” It makes me want to tear my hair out in double handfuls. Maybe I don’t get it because I never had a wild and crazy youth, so my forties don’t seem different from my twenties, and therefore my point of reference is completely off-kilter, but…it’s odd. I wonder how they will feel when they are looking at sixty…I can’t help thinking they’ll regret all the time they wasted in their forties, worrying about how old they were.
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LOL! A “cup list” sounds perfect. I’m turning 56 tomorrow. Most of my birthdays haven’t bothered me. There was one, though, and that was 39. I don’t know why. Once I hit 40 I was fine, but I didn’t like 39. Maybe I was influenced by Jack Benny who stopped at age 39 because he thought age 39 was funny, 40 was not.
I like what David wrote in his comment about becoming and time.
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I’ve learned to take tips from the older people in my life regarding aging. Age hasn’t bothered me yet, and I doubt it will. I’ll be 45 soon.
My Aunt – Always tells people she is ten years older than she is. This always prompts, “Wow! You look great for your age!”
My 94 year old friend – Was always planning for next year. Even in her last year, she had plans for the following one.
My 75 year old buddies – Always use a sense of humor. They start each day saying they’re going to start off real slow, then taper off!
I’ve come to learn it’s not an age thing – It’s a mind thing!
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