When I had an easy way to categorize my age, I felt way too comfortable around people simply because they were in my age range. Obviously it doesn’t work that way now that I’m exposed to people of all ages in work or when doing activities, but finding ways to relate has never seemed more difficult. I keep getting told that everyone is looking for some sense of community or whatever, but it’s so fucking hard to break in. Especially as a single person without many of the common life experiences you’re expected to have in your late 20s. What’s going on in my head is another problem. Like, I have some of the same voices that have been around since I was a kid. Aging, especially in a rapidly changing world going to shit in every way, blows.
It doesn’t get any better at 40 or 50, comrade.