Does life just get worse and worse as you get older?

Anyone who tells you that a certain age is the best time of life is full of sh*t. The answer is much more complex. There is no answer.

I'm not very old but looking back I think that college was over-rated. Then again, I have friends who loved it and it will end out being the best years of their life. I know people who loved high school too and I know people would hated it too. I have yet to see any reason why one age is optimum. It all depends on who you are, what you want, and the lot you draw at any particular time in your life.

Sometimes it's going to be good. Sometimes it's going to blow.

Whatever is going on don't settle, don't give in, and recognize that other people have the potential to do the same thing too. Respect in an important thing.

Life gets better as you:

1) Become more grateful for what you have.

2) Realize how little you need to have a good life.

3) Feel blessed by the abundance in the world.

Setting higher standards for yourself, and working to attain them, is your choice. Celebrate being able to do this. We are so lucky!

but aging really is a disease and accumulating damage is a physiological fact. maybe different people may have different optimal ages like that, but high schoolers and college students are both young people. after certain age, if you have not reached your peak years, then your peak years are going to suck anyway, and you really do not have optimal years at all.

It seems that my stamina is just getting better and better. What used to take 4:00 now takes 7:00.

Young gun---I got some bad news--you are right--it gets worse--as soon as you get married,get trapped into a 9 to 5 job--you are done.

Take my advice--the biggest lie you'll ever be told is that the only way you'll be happy is if you are married ----and/or-- own a house and/or--- have a career.The only people I know who are happily married after 5 yrs are those who share some kind of deep religious faith.

More advice--keep your life simple--don't become a breadhead--as soon as you get locked into owing on a house --on a car etc--it's all over.You are no longer free.

Focus on running--things you enjoy--even if they aren't going to get you the "American dream."

Life sucks and then you die. In the meantime, alcohol numbs the pain.

Most of us are Zoo Animals. We don't start out that way but as soon as we can, we go find a safe place with bars and lock ourselves in and tell everyone how important we are in comparison to other Zoo Animals.

Read "Razor's Edge" by Somerset Maughn. Pay particular attention to Larry Darrell who is the hero of the book. He seeks two things. Freedom and enlightenment. I am not religious so I am not advocating this book for any other purpose except to say that it shows that a person does not have to be trapped.

I am in my 60's and life is great. The price is non conformity to how others think you should live your life.

Don't worry.All you need is love.

High school's the worst, and college is a touch better. Best time of your life starts when you get a degree and settle down with a real job, because then you'll have money & free time to spend it. Every year after college gets a little easier.

For every year, it´s more difficult to get it up.

Life is what you make of it. Your responsibilities will continue to increase, to the point where human lives are depending on you for survival. But it's not scary, it's not overwhelming, and it comes a piece at a time, not all at once.

Your mileage may vary, of course. "Pick the right partner" would be my advice. Most important decision of your life!

The concept of Life is dynamic yet arbitrary.

Noone knows how long it is supposed to last. Or how it is going to end.

At best we have culturally-educated approximations.

Moreover, one thing is bBiological Age. Another is Experience.

Unless you develop a model where they coexist, the conversation is at best entertaining.

Continue to do research as you are doing. Not being afraid of hearing the unheard.

Life getting better or worse is a linguistic illusion. There is a sensory aspect of Life which involves the realm of pleasure and pain. Running, like many other things falls in this dichotomy.

Trying to do without either of them will likely result in making Life difficult.

I recommend to find it satisfying and worthy of tranquillity, to try to understand what sorrounds you. Like layers, like shells, where you are the nucleous.

There's a lot of good thinking hovering around, all over the place. Read. And exchange your views. "Do," and understand how "doing" affects you.

If there is such a thing as reincarnation, I ain't coming back if I have to be a teenager again!

Life just keeps getting better!

Its 50/50. On one hand I have a 3 beautiful kids, a beautiful home, sports car, I travel extensively and will be able to retire from career #1 in 5 years. On the other hand I'm burdened with responsibilities I never imagined.

My job consists of making split second life or death decisions. Like many marriages mine is often a greater source of stress as opposed to happiness. The responsibility of raising 3 kids needs no explaining.

I work 12-20 hours a day. I've gained 50lbs since college

and have hair sprouting from parts of me I never knew existed. Now that I have the sports car to impress the babes I unfortunately have the pot belly and graying hair to go with it. Whereas 10-15 years ago virtually all of my friends were alive, I have now lost many, including several in the past couple of years. I've become much more aware of my mortality. No more nights out with the boys. Strip joints? The only brass pole I've seen in the past decade was when I took my son to tour the local firehouse. Although it may sound more 80/20 instead of 50/50 I think most of us here that have kids will agree that having children in by far the most rewarding part of growing older. No, it's by no means easy, but I wouldn't trade them for the world. No, life doesn't get any easier

and I do miss the old days, but getting older isn't all bad. Happiness just comes in different forms.

And this is why, "Youth is wasted on the young."

stressin wrote:

Good thread man. I am 19 and although I am having loads of fun in college I am also feeling mad pressure from school and work and just being on my own.

At your age, with those problems the solution is simple. Just drink like a f***ing fish and f*** women like you're a porn star.

Damn, I wish I could still fix things like that!

It's not easy. As you get older you get slower and for those of us that tie so much of our self worth to running, it makes it especially difficult.

I will say that whoever posted "chose your mate cafefully" that is some of the best advice Ive seen on this thread. A divorce can set your life back 10 years. Especially if you have kids. In that case you are NEVER able to completely rid yourself of your old partner.

old wrote:

yes, I am 28 and life sucks!! too much worries and responsibility. College is the best it will get..

man, this is exactly the kind of attitude i hate. how depressing it is as a college student to hear statements like this. i hear this so often and im so sick of it.

yah, theres no doubt college is a blast, but it is only one phase of youre life. life should and will get better if you allow it. and college isnt all just partying and sleeping in; there are parts of it that suck (like being broke all the time). its something to cherish because it is a short blip on your lifespan, but not something to lament. i think people who are older say things like this or "i would love to go back to college" because they forget to apply all facets of life to those statements and only think about the partying they did.

im sick of people saying this over and over; its practically become this country's mantra about growing up and applies to things like marriage; "once you grow up it sucks, and getting married sucks, so enjoy being single and draw it out as long as you can." i guess it stems from this country being severely individualistic, but come on people. its being said so much its becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. if you feel like your life sucks and it was only good in college, then its more of a problem with you than with life.