Today I called up a friend to wish her for her B’day. Apparently she turned 28. So, she began whining (in a very good-humoured sort of way) about getting older. For some strange reason, I thought she was still 25. Maybe that’s because she has a petite frame and always manages to look trendy in a preppy-style Mango ensemble. I said, ” Wow…now you are closer to my age…29,”. A colleague at work was shocked to learn of my age. She thought I was 25/26 (and it’s not because I am immature). The figure 29 I suppose sounded a death knell in her mind.
Which brings me to the concept of age. I hate to repeat the cliche: you are as young as you feel. I couldn’t care less about feeling young, but I feel alive in a way that I never felt when I was in school or college or even in my earlier work life because back then I was too self-concious and sometimes a little self-destructive to savour anything. Back then the simple wisdom that one has to make things happen, eluded me.
I think that this is the prime of my life and age is no substitute for that exquisite feeling of being alive. It puts a spring in your step, a glow in your skin and a tinge of optimism in your tone. That feeling that even if things don’t work out the way you want them to in your relationships or at work, it makes sense to take that risk and fall flat on your face. After that you just pick yourself up and then the peices, because there are new horizons just waiting to be discovered.
I was damn scared just before turning 25 then I realised it’s like same shit different year.
Not quite sure how I’ll feel when I turn 30. Maybe if I achieve a number of goals it’ll be ok or else I’ll go into regret and depression or something.
I think the next biggie will be 40.
When I was young a lot of people around me swore that they’d kill theselves after 30- well they’re all still alive and kicking and feeling great- each age has its advantages
As a teenager and heavily influenced by Kurt Cobian and Jim Morrisson who both died at 27 (and some others too) me and this friend believed we would both live upto only 27.
We met one day after we were both 28 and found it very amusing