I don't self loathe anymore on my birthday. I've started a new tradition; one of gratitude. I used to joke around with my friends (who are all younger than me) that I age like a fine wine, but that sentiment started to change after age thirty-five. Suddenly being the oldest in a group of twenty-somethings wasn't so much fun anymore. I started to notice the changes that we all do as we begin to coast to forty, and for a brief moment it did depress me. But life is too short to worry about things you can't control so I started to concentrate my energy on what I can control. If nothing else, I can control my melodramatic reaction to turning a year older!
Today is my birthday. I am thirty-eight and happy to be alive. I don't feel older, and I don't feel as though my age is limiting me from being the person I want to be. Yeah, it's a little scary to think about turning forty, but then it was scary to think about turning thirty and twenty-five. I think after twenty-one, few women see a birthday as a step forward, but perhaps we should! I wouldn't trade the wisdom I have today for any of those years and I'm not sure I'd want to relive them. Youth doesn't always equal exuberance, and more importantly, age doesn't always equal apathy. Not everyone past the age of thirty-five is dispirited or despondent about their position on the chronological time-line we call age. My thirst for life is present in everything I do, and my hopes and dreams grow more passionate with each passing day. I am a believer in the adage, age is just a number! I may not live my life in quite the same fashion as when I was twenty-one, but hooray for that! I do "think" young, however, and will always hold on to the playfulness and good feelings of my youth.
Has anyone ever read the book Real Age by Dr. Michael Roizen?? The book is based on the science surrounding lifestyle choices and how they impact our health and well-being. Dr. Roizen believes there can be distinct differences in health and happiness amongst people who are the same calendar age. How well we age is contingent on choices. We are the sum of those choices, hence our real age.
What does it mean to be young? It's been awhile since I assigned some homework. I want you to jot down the feelings, emotions, and actions you associate with your youth. Good and bad. Circle the feelings and behaviors that are positive. What are the things you miss and what are the things you are glad to be leaving behind? Then swing by realage.com to take the Real Age quiz. Let me know how you did. Share with me the things on your list and your thoughts and feelings about birthdays and the behaviors of youth past. Join me later this week for a discussion on the feedback and results.
"Age is a number and mine is unlisted." -Unknown
Today is my birthday. I am thirty-eight and happy to be alive. I don't feel older, and I don't feel as though my age is limiting me from being the person I want to be. Yeah, it's a little scary to think about turning forty, but then it was scary to think about turning thirty and twenty-five. I think after twenty-one, few women see a birthday as a step forward, but perhaps we should! I wouldn't trade the wisdom I have today for any of those years and I'm not sure I'd want to relive them. Youth doesn't always equal exuberance, and more importantly, age doesn't always equal apathy. Not everyone past the age of thirty-five is dispirited or despondent about their position on the chronological time-line we call age. My thirst for life is present in everything I do, and my hopes and dreams grow more passionate with each passing day. I am a believer in the adage, age is just a number! I may not live my life in quite the same fashion as when I was twenty-one, but hooray for that! I do "think" young, however, and will always hold on to the playfulness and good feelings of my youth.
Has anyone ever read the book Real Age by Dr. Michael Roizen?? The book is based on the science surrounding lifestyle choices and how they impact our health and well-being. Dr. Roizen believes there can be distinct differences in health and happiness amongst people who are the same calendar age. How well we age is contingent on choices. We are the sum of those choices, hence our real age.
What does it mean to be young? It's been awhile since I assigned some homework. I want you to jot down the feelings, emotions, and actions you associate with your youth. Good and bad. Circle the feelings and behaviors that are positive. What are the things you miss and what are the things you are glad to be leaving behind? Then swing by realage.com to take the Real Age quiz. Let me know how you did. Share with me the things on your list and your thoughts and feelings about birthdays and the behaviors of youth past. Join me later this week for a discussion on the feedback and results.
"Age is a number and mine is unlisted." -Unknown
I'm 36 - but Real Age tells me I'm 29.6
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