It's over at 40 if you're boring and predictable like most people. If you've set the table and have to live with your past decisions. It's over at 40 if you feel you've been there, done that and life feels unfulfilling at that point. I am the latter. Would be 40 in a little over 5 years. Will I make it there? To be determined. I really dont think I have a chance at 60 though. Oh well, I certainly had my fun.
Life is over when you give up. most have given up by 40
some never give up.
it’s up to you
This is true. But dont push too hard when you turn 40. I still have a huge mental drive. This got me into trouble. I started to ignore the signs of slowing down and pushed harder.
I ended up tearing my Achilles. So just be careful and smarter than I was.
Or is 40 the new 30 for those of us who are aging slowly?
I'm 66 and I've been mocked by some of the basement dwelling losers on here when I explain the circumstances of my life so I won't bother but if you're healthy and in good physical condition, life can be fulfilling even in your 60's.
As you age you find that women, once they get to about 26-28 start to see the emotional immaturity in many guys their age and look to older more mature gentlemen.
I'm divorced and yes, I do often miss having someone there every night as a companion
But my circumstances are what they are and I make the most of it.
Stay healthy, hopefully have a full head of hair, and stay fit and treat women the way they want to be treated. Have a quiet confidence.
Not quite there yet, I’m 37, but I love being middle aged. If you have had any growth or maturity you realize all the nonsense that the government and the system told you is so important, is in fact BS. That you should worry so much about income or occupation, that if you don’t accomplish this or that milestone you are a failure, that if you don’t own a home you are a failure, and the long list of arbitrary societal pressures and expectations. You realize these things have nothing to do with having an authentic, happy, fulfilling life and that meaningful friendships, service to those in need, and spending time with your family is what is important. They don’t teach love, the most important thing in the world, in schools or at work. When you are middle aged you take the shades off and finally see what is most important.
Or is 40 the new 30 for those of us who are aging slowly?
Life indeed ends at 40. No, 40 is not the new 30. That’s stupid doesn’t even mean anything. The new 30 is the same as the old one, one more than 29.
So life ends at 40 even though many people live until they are 80? It’s only the halfway point. To say that life is over just because your vitality and health of youth has peaked is such a shallow, naive, unwise view that only a truly ignorant individual would make. If anything, life begins at 40.
Or is 40 the new 30 for those of us who are aging slowly?
I'm 66 and I've been mocked by some of the basement dwelling losers on here when I explain the circumstances of my life so I won't bother but if you're healthy and in good physical condition, life can be fulfilling even in your 60's.
As you age you find that women, once they get to about 26-28 start to see the emotional immaturity in many guys their age and look to older more mature gentlemen.
I'm divorced and yes, I do often miss having someone there every night as a companion
But my circumstances are what they are and I make the most of it.
Stay healthy, hopefully have a full head of hair, and stay fit and treat women the way they want to be treated. Have a quiet confidence.
Perfect post, but I just want to say that even if you go bald, that’s not a bad thing. You can wear a wig, wear hair plugs, or just not give a darn what people think and just be comfortable being bald.
It's over at 40 if you're boring and predictable like most people. If you've set the table and have to live with your past decisions. It's over at 40 if you feel you've been there, done that and life feels unfulfilling at that point. I am the latter. Would be 40 in a little over 5 years. Will I make it there? To be determined. I really dont think I have a chance at 60 though. Oh well, I certainly had my fun.
You sound remarkably cynical and resentful. It sounds like you are living in the past and that you are also feeling bored and unchallenged in your present. It might help to recognize a little bit of gratitude. I’m going to take your username at face value. I’ve seen people who are former addicts turn their entire life around and are some of the happiest people I know. The key is to maintain support, focus on the present, have gratitude for things not being worse, to set reachable goals, and to not compare yourself to others. Remember things may look like some people just have it so easy, but it’s either the case they are going through struggles that you just can’t see or some catastrophe will land on them eventually like with every other person who has ever lived. The rich people I’ve met have been mostly selfish, paranoid, and miserable, so thank God every day you are not one of them.
Unless you are a musician who ODs in your 20s or someone like Pre killed in an accident while young, you have to get old to become a legend. Keep writing great stories in your life and you'll age like a fine wine.