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      7 months ago

      Yeah and it gets more MEH as you go along. Although I really enjoyed my 50s, for some reason. I felt good, life was good, things were looking good - I dunno, it just was a good decade. Now I’m in my 60s and back to Meh again.

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          7 months ago

          Well, could be. Although I wasn’t really all that happy in my 20s, Glad that part of life is over with. Some things get easier though with age - I’m a lot less fearful, and I don’t fear death at all anymore. I’ve stopped stressing over a lot of stuff. But after 50, things in your body stop working as they used to which is kinda not much fun.

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            7 months ago

            I can imagine. People say their 70s and later become quite nice. Maybe its the fact that stuff not functioning becomes something they can handle.

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              7 months ago

              I think it’s sort of like, you ease into a nice warm comfortableness with life after 50. At least I did. I stopped giving a f#ck about other people’s opinions and really started to enjoy just being myself. I’m in my early 60s, I’m lucky to still look young but my body doesn’t work the way it used to. One day its shoulder pain, the next my hand is sore for some reason. But, my attitude about is also a lot less panicky and worried…so, that’s good I guess?

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                  7 months ago

                  Aging isn’t for sissies. And yet, here I am. (!). So, getting older, things don’t necessarily get better in every area, but yeah, in terms of overall mood and general happiness, things have gotten really much better.

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                    7 months ago

                    I appreciate you sharing this with us. It’s a welcome sprinkle of positivity in what feels like a harsh dystopian novel rn.