Age and how you perceive it, is a funny thing.
I remember being 13 and thinking that I couldn't wait until I was 18 and I could do what I wanted. 18 was the epitome of cool to me then.
I remember turning 21 and feeling that I was "old" now. 25 was full of "shoulda, woulda, coulda" with what I should have done and be doing with my life. Turning 30 filled me with dread. 40 was, and still is at my present age of 36, an unknown but daunting prospect. But why is it a daunting prospect?
I remember turning 21 and feeling that I was "old" now. 25 was full of "shoulda, woulda, coulda" with what I should have done and be doing with my life. Turning 30 filled me with dread. 40 was, and still is at my present age of 36, an unknown but daunting prospect. But why is it a daunting prospect?
What I have come to realise however over the past couple of years is that age does not matter.
The only problem with whatever age you happen to be is the limitations that we and society as a whole place on us. Our lives are governed by this invisible set of rules and regulations of what you have meant to achieve, be and look like at various stages in your life.
I remember being told when I was around 26 that I had better get a boyfriend soon because "You don't want to be left on the shelf". A man said this to me in all seriousness; like I am nothing more than a thing to be bought, sold or discarded.
At 30 the kindly advice people went up a notch. "You are getting older now, you need to get married and have children before you can't have any" Apparently the fact that I have never wanted children nor have (yet) met the right man means nothing against the milestones and rules that we apparently have to obey.
At 40 you are told that you are "over the hill". Well I don't know about you, but some of the most vibrant and fabulous people I know are in their 40s,
Fast forward a few decades and you are in the winter of your life. Twin sets, purses, iron grey perms, slowing down. Why? You are old, not dead! My mum is living proof that your 70s can be fun and fashionable. You do not have to give up and change who you are just because you are a certain age. Rock it!
I remember being told when I was around 26 that I had better get a boyfriend soon because "You don't want to be left on the shelf". A man said this to me in all seriousness; like I am nothing more than a thing to be bought, sold or discarded.
At 30 the kindly advice people went up a notch. "You are getting older now, you need to get married and have children before you can't have any" Apparently the fact that I have never wanted children nor have (yet) met the right man means nothing against the milestones and rules that we apparently have to obey.
At 40 you are told that you are "over the hill". Well I don't know about you, but some of the most vibrant and fabulous people I know are in their 40s,
Fast forward a few decades and you are in the winter of your life. Twin sets, purses, iron grey perms, slowing down. Why? You are old, not dead! My mum is living proof that your 70s can be fun and fashionable. You do not have to give up and change who you are just because you are a certain age. Rock it!
Age: 36 Amount of Fucks Given: 0
Well said! Growing older is all relative. There's no need to have reached certain milestones by any preconceived ages, we all do things at our own pace. Whether we marry at 20, 30, 40 or not at all is nobody's business but ours!!
ReplyDeleteThe way I look at it, you get better with age. You find out who you are and what you really like. I learning that at 46.
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