'These little moments make me realize that my body is aging in subtle ways that I don't notice until it's too late.'
Older Adults Are Revealing The"Hard Truths" About Aging That Are Rarely Talked About, And My Twentysomething-Self Was Not Prepared To Hear These
"No one prepared me to grow out of a lot of my fear and anxiety and instead grow into a sense of calm. You stop trying to change things and start letting go of what doesn't work. Your patience wears off with obnoxious, toxic people and things, and you have more kindness left over for what matters. I'm known as a rock now to my friends and coworkers, someone who isn't fazed easily. Experience can be freeing; I've been through utter hell by now.
"I'm 54 now, and it is so true that everyone relies on us. We are at the sandwich phase of our lives, where our kids still need us, and our parents are starting to need us more and more. Add working full-time to it; it is pure and utter exhaustion." "You can wake up and suddenly have a new crippling disease. It can happen at any age, of course, but the older you are, the more likely it is to happen."
"Paranoia! It didn't exist till I hit my 50s. Now, every time I don't feel well, I run to doctors to make sure I don't have the big C or heart and lung problems. You're just always worried you're running out of time, and your number is next!"
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