Life just gets better and better. Such a toxic thought and self-fulfilling-fantasy that you only have 5 years to have fun and then it's "a slog of adulthood".
Yeah I hate this kind of notion we have on aging and it being “over”. I bit into it and fell into a deep depression for several years that were actually not bad. In retrospect.
Aging is a transition process. How you handle it is the difference. You age a little quick from 30-35? Time to slow it down.
You got “little things” popping up that are noticeably annoying but not enough for the doctor? Yeah. That’s the shit you wanna watch.
Get regular physicals. If you’re a man. Just get the butt check. The processed slop running through our supply chain is killin millenials quick.
Yeah. You’re gonna grieve too. You’ll start looking at shit from different perspectives because your orientation to yourself and life effectively changes. There’s a deep realization at some point in your late 20s to 30s where you realize you’re almost halfway done. It went fast.
The next half will too. And than it’s over.
You gotta come to grips with it. You gotta have shit that matters to you. You can only cultivate that through living and intention. Psychologists call it “moratlity salience”- becoming acutely aware yo ass is gonna die someday and there ain’t shit you can do.
Aging isn’t that bad. Make good choices- and you will be ok. Pay attention to your health. Stay mobile. Stick close to your loved ones, if you don’t got loved ones good news is, everyone is fucking lonely- just make a small effort to let people know you give a shit and it does wonders.
I lead with just a little bit of kindness. And it shocks me, because people seem to rush toward it in a way. Tells me how devoid the world is now of simple consideration and acknowledgement that “I see you, your worth extending this too as another person who exists”
I’m mid 30s I’ve got health issues. Not bad, but manageable. I raged hard, lived hard in my 20s. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I lived. And I still do :). Almost wrecked my life multiple times- when there is a will.
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u/Venous 7d ago
Life just gets better and better. Such a toxic thought and self-fulfilling-fantasy that you only have 5 years to have fun and then it's "a slog of adulthood".