Getting Old

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My solution to this was to stop aging mentally and psychologically at 14. You basically know everything you need to know by then anyway.
 
I focus on living a good and productive life. When my end comes, I'll know it was time well spent.

Yes, even the shit posting.
 
Find things that you find fulfilling and you won't be stuck in a doomer mindset. The best advice I could give anyone in current year is get the fuck off social media.
 
Marissa Moira said:
People in their 60's and 70's will say the same thing.
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Being of that age, this is true. I still laugh at farts, always will because you know why? Farts are fucking funny!

To the OP, I don't reminisce a lot but I do look back at some life events and those that played a part in them quite fondly. It's funny how I can get out a Jr. High School yearbook from 1969 and still remember everyone's name and faces. Many of my high school friends and my brother and sister (both younger) have already passed. Dad's been gone for several years, but Mom is still kicking a very senile 86 years old. To me, that's the saddest part of life and something we all eventually face.

But on the bright side, time tends to fade the bad memories and leave you with the good ones - first girlfriend, first car, service in the Navy, jobs, promotions, weddings, birth of children, wild road trips, etc. It's why I encourage everyone of youth to make something positive of your life, have good times, make good friends, do SOMETHING! Those are the things that will mean something to you in old age, not what iPhone you had or how you speed ran Borderlands 3. Go see places and things. Get a hobby and become great at it. That kind of stuff.

I have no regrets about being 66. Physically, I'm still doing okay but I can't go at things like I did when I was 30, that's for sure. Plus, I get to come on here and bullshit with all you whippersnappers! Now, GIT OFF MAH LAWN!!!!!!!!
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And this below for CERTAIN.
White Devil said:
Find things that you find fulfilling and you won't be stuck in a doomer mindset. The best advice I could give anyone in current year is get the fuck off social media.
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Nope. Being ancient like I am, I know tough times are a comin' cause joepedo and such, but I haven't been more enthused in my entire life.
And I don't worry about dying anymore. I've been through too much. Meeting the Lord would be cool. Also I seem to be eternal in a lot of people's lives I have dealt with whether they want to admit it or not, so I have an autistic legacy.
 
It doesn't depress me, but I'm only starting to gray and my hairline hasn't receded a bit, so maybe later.

All the good times I reminisce about came within the last ten years. I don't miss anything from before then except the open Ocean and it's many faces. Life as a NEET was awesome; I'm working my way back there.

I'm not worried about dying, but I think about death a lot. A lot more than I did when it was more relevant. I didn't appreciate The Iliad as much in my 20s. Getting choked up about Priam kissing Achilles' hands, maybe I had to get to a stage where I wanted kids for that to reach me.

Something I like about KF is the perspective from Geezers like @Slappy McGherkin and @JosephStalin -- IRL almost everyone I know is my age or younger.

One of my best moves was marrying someone significantly younger than me but signifcantly more mature. That's a great combo for any aging manbaby, and I recommend it.
 
Getting old? Not really. Just dropping dead suddenly? Absolutely. Too many things left not done. Too many things I still want to do, like listening to David Bowie while enjoying whiskey with my granddad as silly as that sounds. Statistically I won't be dying earlier than my granddad, but still.
Slappy McGherkin said:
do SOMETHING!
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Should just live by this to be honest. Do 'til you die.
But why bother?
Somebody else is just gonna do that something better.
White Devil said:
The best advice I could give anyone in current year is get the fuck off social media.
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This is a pretty big thing. It's a constant 24/7 race, there's always somebody who can draw better, or play an instrument better, make money better, somebody is always happier and whatnot. I try to think that I do my own thing, but still, I don't even know anymore.
 
Whenever I've reached the end of a decade I've thought, "wow, I was expecting to be dead by now." I hope that should I make it many more decades, I don't become someone who reminisces about the past all the time. There's many things one can do when something changes over time, but the people who only regale about how much better it was "back then" without doing anything else are putzes.

NigKid said:
My Humor is that of an 11 year old and I'm not inclined to change that
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This is the exact reason I am not allowed to post outside of KF.
 
Being stuck in the past is better than being stuck in the future. Best of all to be stuck in the present.

I don't know how to put it better than that. I'm so much happier than everyone I know well. I mean, maybe I'm the problem they have in common, but it seems to me they're all worried about what may be and what other people are doing. They take pictures of their food rather than tasting it. They visualize their goals when they should just plan and execute.

I know I'm retarded, but maybe that's not the only thing that keeps me chipper? Can some smart fuck explain what I mean when I say people who live in the future are usually miserable?
 
How's your own death your problem? As long as you're alive, you're alive, as soon as you're dead you're gone and you'll have no way to feel bad about it. Why worry? It's like worrying about all the centuries you've missed out on by not being born yet.
 
I feel like I've been alive for thousands of years even though I'm not that old at all. I've had a very bad life and I had a very bad childhood. I had to pay the price for other people's addictions ever since I can remember. The only regret I think I'd ever have is not being able to fully get away from that. Even if it's just for a short time.

Other than that, I don't particularly fear the reaper. No one should.
 
I'll be 38 in five months, and when I was a kid the prospect of growing older was a lot more vague. It was something that happens to other people, not me. Although I didn't think of it in quite those terms. The only thing that depresses me about aging, really, is having to grow old in these times. I'm not optimistic about the future. I have lingering anxiety over death and mortality, like anyone. Sometimes, just as I'm falling off to sleep, I'll snap back awake-why this happens, I don't know. It's almost like when you're dreaming about falling, and you "feel" the impact and your body tremors. I'll wake up and it all hits me at once-one day, my clock will run down. Time won't make an exception for me, or for anyone I know. What fills me with dread, above all else, is living long enough to see my mom or dad die, or any of my siblings. I try hard not to think much about any of this. I suppose once I get even older (if I live to be old), death won't seem so frightening. I might even welcome it.
 
It's ridiculous to let existential feelings about getting older bother you, acting like you're the only person it's happening to. If you're not a total moron, you might notice yourself getting wiser as you get older.
 
Getting older is great. My teens and childhood sucked. Spent my most of my 20s getting stoned and partying. 30's is when you find a bit more comfortable with yourself, settle into the groove and really start swinging. Not quite 40 yet, but people in their late 20s / early 30s probably shouldn't worry about it too much. So far, it's been the best part of my life.
 
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