I’ve never understood people that yearn to be a kid again. When I was a kid, especially when I was in high school, I desperately wanted to get all that over with and become an adult. And when I became an adult, things were rough, but I felt so much better for so many reasons.
As I’ve aged, this sentiment has only been further reinforced by my experiences with aging. Not to toot my own horn, but I’ve been aging well and have gotten more attractive the older I get (so far). My social skills have improved so much, I was painfully awkward and unable to successfully socialize as a young person. Holy fuck, I actually have real friends and relationships now, it’s amazing. Yeah I got responsibilities, but I can actually do things I want to so long as I stay within the confines of those responsibilities, definitely not something I had as a kid either. And honestly, I’m a much better person, which I won’t get into too much, but I was closer to being right wing in my younger days.
Sure, it’ll stop feeling so great at some point, but I’m kinda past the point where most people start to say getting old sucks and you know what, I say no, it’s pretty cool actually.
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read the title and thought like geologically older rocks
I just hit 40 and while it’s not normal or typical, I’ve had the worst year of my life. More and more chronic pain. I work a physical job so its not because of sedentary lifestyle either. My stomach has basically collapsed (constant daily pain that my doctor doesnt know how to treat and referrals to gastro specialists refuse to see me) my food options are extremely limited and thinking about eating depresses me horribly; my feet and legs are sore after a single shift when I could go a day or two before they ached. My shoulders ache every morning, my back is sore constantly. I spend about an hour every day stretching to make things manageable and keep the pain at bay, but sometimes something gives and I’m in horrible pain for about a month while it slowly heals (this is often complicated because I have to keep working while in recovery which likely slows it down or outright prevents proper healing).
I don’t know how I’m expected to keep this up for another 30 years. I have a family history of many cancers as well, so I’m sure I’ll catch one of those shortly, my eyesight has never been good. And if I’m lucky I might get rheumatoid arthritis from my mom which would basically make work impossible. My mantra these days is to simply try and take it one day at time. Because thinking about the future makes me feel bad.
Honestly even without all the aches and pains… I am just so tired of having to work. If i could be this age and actually have control over my time it would rock.
I thought this was going to be a post about finding cool rocks outside.
I want to type a longer comment, but my wrist is numb and I don’t have my readers nearby
Physically aging sucks, but growing more mature is great. If someone is getting older but not more mature they would just hate the whole thing because they are still a child in a increasingly aging adult body.
Its great unless you’ve got multiple disabilities that make it hard to function and hold down a job
And happen to live in a capitalist society where the needs and capabilities of people with disabilities aren’t properly addressed
Yeah until you hit 30 and your body starts falling apart faster and faster every year
Honestly im in my mid 30s and my body is still holding up quite well but I agree that the main problem with aging is mostly physical in nature (at least till you get really old and your mental levels decline)
I don’t appreciate my body hurting and my hairline receding and the ever-growing fear of my inevitable death
I really enjoy my brain being more stable and having control over what I do with my time, and having money to purchase goods and services
My childhood was awful and so was my 20’s. I grew up in an abusive, isolating, home, moved onto to abusive friendships, then I transitioned at 28 (ftm) and spent my 30s in heavy therapy/COVID lock down.
I’m forty now and I feel good about it in some ways, upset in others. Because I transitioned later in life (and due to being isolated with agoraphobia for a while) I relate more to people in their 20’s due to my lack of male socialization and financial status. I don’t relate to most people in my age group, especially the straights. I’m afraid of giving my age due to the stigma (thank God my hormones make me look younger)
After being a meek woman for most of my life, I am still not used to being a big buff man either. Not that I don’t enjoy it, but I don’t like being picked on by dudes looking for a fight.
On the flip side- I’m way happier overall and because I worked through my demons my relationships with others are much healthier. I let the little things go, and my life is mostly drama free. I am salty I am doing things I should have done 20 years ago, but at least I’m here.
☝️ no rocks are older than any other, they’re all as old as the earth itself
Only if you don’t count them as “new rocks” when they’ve been melted down and reformed, or formed out of compressed layers of sediment. The atoms have been here, but they’ve changed form.
Stacking rocks, but only if they’re vintage igneous rocks with erosion markers
OP peakmaxing like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c8Zn4LSbfE
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I mostly miss my body not hurting, being able to eat what I like without my body rioting against me (how I miss jalapeños, and soon I’ll be missing fried foods. Acid reflux suckx
), and eating without having to worry about it all going straight to the tummy.I mostly miss the youthful body that felt like you could do anything. Now my back aches just doing something as basic as cutting veggies for food prep.
Now my back aches just doing something as basic as cutting veggies for food prep.
I highly endorse an easily cleaned food processor to dice and mince literally everything with. Knife work is bourgeois
Knifework has existed as long as humans held slightly sharp rocks sod right off with “cutting your carrots and mushrooms is bourgeois decadence”
I wrote out a much longer angrier thing because you told me to sod off but i’m not trying to fight you alaskaball i just think it’s good to promote “it’s okay to use a food processor where appropriate, you don’t have to ‘use a knife or you’re lazy’” in an attempt to promote anti ableist and less toxically masculine kitchen culture. If you want to do things the way you want to do things, that’s fine, but a food processor works just as well if what you need to do is physically painful
i think it was just a joke for whatever my opinion’s worth
another option is working out a table/chair/whatever combo that puts you at the right height for knife work, chopping veggies is meditative to me (admittedly my job isn’t kitchen work like yours is so
) and just getting rid of the “standing up” part makes it something i can do all daySitting on a bar stool wondering why ive never thought about doing knife work sitting down
I guess because our old place didn’t have a bar
20s is peak tbh, I’m good on anything after.
My 30s have been so much better than my 20s so far
Same lol
I feel the same as I did when I was 20… I wonder when that’ll change. Makin’ my way through 40s. I no longer get thizz’d twice once a month on a Friday before a workday, I suppose… Gotta save that for long weekends a couple times a year now.
I disagree! When I was in my mid-20s I think I would have said that. But now that I’m well over 30, nah, the amount of learning and maturing I’ve done in the past decade is huge and I wouldn’t give it up for anything. I’m excited to see how much more I’ll know and understand another decade from now! I’m looking forward to being in my 40s and 50s, with the knowledge and experience that comes along with that extra age!
Ehhh. I really get not wanting to be a kid again. But I wouldnt mind being in my mid 20s say forever. 30s are cool but Im not hopeful the 40s are gonna be better. Mostly talking about my physical wellbeing here.
