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Nearing 40
April 6, 2018 at 8:35 am
Still about a year and a half away, but I thought I would bring it up now.
I remember when I was a kid, I thought teenagers were old and that people in their thirties were ancient.
Now that I am almost forty, I don't even feel that I am old. Rather, I feel as though I can comfortably live another forty years.
What is/was your experience with aging?
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RE: Nearing 40
April 6, 2018 at 9:07 am
I've got this nagging feeling that scientists will find a way to stop aging right after I'm too old to get a hard on. Probably the worst possible outcome.
I have had a similar experience as you. I feel 21 mentally.
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RE: Nearing 40
April 6, 2018 at 9:17 am
I just turned 55 and I feel mostly the same as when I was 25. The main differences are a bit more aches in the joints. Exercise helps that. Also, I am breathing better now than at 25: the meds are better for asthma now.
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RE: Nearing 40
April 6, 2018 at 9:18 am
(April 6, 2018 at 8:35 am)Lutrinae Wrote: What is/was your experience with aging?
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RE: Nearing 40
April 6, 2018 at 9:22 am
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Due to some health issues, my life is, hopefully just starting at 37. I didn't get to do a lot of the things that people in their 20's and early to mid 30's do when I was those ages. Some things I think I still will not be able to do, due to circumstances.
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RE: Nearing 40
April 6, 2018 at 9:42 am
hehe i had the same...when i was a kid i thought that people after 30 are old....very old😜
But now when I'm after 40 ... I feel pretty good ... my life started with my 40 ... so being older is not so bad ... and sometimes I feel like my 27 ... even more often than i should hehe😁
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RE: Nearing 40
April 6, 2018 at 10:01 am
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Just pack it in, it's all downhill after 40!
Just kidding. I feel better in my 40s physically and especially mentally than I ever did in my 20s and 30s.
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RE: Nearing 40
April 6, 2018 at 10:09 am
I joined the USN right out of high school. Maturity delayed for 20 years.
After I retired I had a steady income and no work. Maturity forestalled.
I went to Purdue for fourteen straight years after retirement. Maturity unattained.
Now I'm skiing down hill to avoid exerting any effort. Maturity ignored.
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RE: Nearing 40
April 6, 2018 at 10:13 am
Faces never seems to stop making skin. That's my big takeaway. Too much face skin.
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RE: Nearing 40
April 6, 2018 at 10:15 am
I definitely have a lot more pain than I did when I was in my twenties. I always used to feel indestructible. I could sleep a couple of hours, eat whatever I wanted, sporadically workout, and workout hard, without any consequences. Life is different for me now. I wouldn't say I feel old so much as I feel sore.
