26 goin on 27, I think 30 and 40 are getting too close for comfort.

[undoing]

Hey, you know the time you were young, thinking all these grown ups, your mum, dad, and their friends, and your friends parents were all old? Then you get to a certain age and you think 'I don't feel any different, what is this oldness supposed to be like'? Then you're in your twenties and there's this sort of behaviour to upkeep and other behaviours to avoid. That's me to a smaller extent and now I'm 26, I had a moment where I thought about my age and adjusting my mind to the fact I'm now turning 27 instead of 26 so that next year I'll be turning 29 and that's one year before I'm thirty. Thirty was my idea of old when I was young, now that's more of less me and it's like 40 is even closer than 25 was in comparison to then. Maybe I shouldn't worry about it as much as I do, or maybe shouldn't worry about death so much.

Anyone else worry about aging and dying, and would like to share it here?

 

[EazyMack]

Lol... I know how you feel in regards to getting older. Strange for me to think I'm closer to 30 than I am to 20, when I remember 20 so clearly! But, I noticed, time starts really flying after 18.

(Not that I think 30 or 40 is old, of course )

As far as worrying about aging & dying... no. Jesus eradicates that worry.

 

[explodingboy]

Live fast die young, only bit of aging that scares me is the fact I might not die soon enough.

 

[Kiwicee]

I totally know the feeling, not about age, but in a different way. I got engaged a year ago and got offered a temporary job half way through the engagement (during the summer). I was a full time college student, but on break for the summer. I took the job, then was offered to stay on through the school year. I knew I wanted to finish college so they offered to let me go part time.

So I work full time, go to school part time, and got married a few months ago. I came to the realization about a week ago that I am the adult doing what I feared. I never understood how people could go to school and work full time at the same time. But it snuck up on me and here I am doing it. I jumped out of being a college student and into being an adult all in one week of registering part time for classes. I thoroughly weirded myself out!

 

[Luther073082]

Not a lot. Theres nothing I can do about it, so I'm not going to bother worrying about it. Its useless to worry about something you can't change or do anything about. I just have my faith and let Jesus take care of the rest.

The only *minor* worry I have is extending my life so I can make it into my 80's at least. This has of course increased in importance since I'm getting married soon. But extending my life is something I can do something about, based on my diet, excersize and other habits.

I however can't change the fact that my body will eventually die. So I'm not going to concern myself with it too much.

 

[TheOliveSeed]

Lol, yea, I know how you feel. But I no longer worry about such things because they’re beyond my control. And yours. ‘Old,’ really, is just a mindset. As for dying, it’s always a blessing to be able to see and live through another day, and the fact that I’m (we’re) here right now is enough for us to give praise. They'll inevitably come, and because we've Jesus, we ought not to fear nor fret about such things. The present is what we should be concerned about. Don't worry so much about these.

 

[Qyöt27]

I only start feeling 'old' because of teenagers these days. Other than that, I'm still sort of the same person I was in middle or high school...just have more experience adjusting to show for it.

But on the subject, I feel like I've been in limbo for the last 5½ years, like they almost didn't happen but I know they did. It's a horrible feeling, like life is just passing you by and you can't do anything to jump back on the train. Quite honestly, the prospect of the rest of my life turning into that scenario is what frightens me the most.

 

[undoing]

Thanks everyone, I think I was having a mild midlife crisis of sorts. From what I can gather here, it's normal to feel differently about life as you age and your life changes in ways that reflect this, and it's a waste of effort being concerned about things that can't be changed.

 

[WiredSpirit]

I missed my last couple birthdays. Half of the time I can't even remember how old I am. When people ask I end up telling them I'm 23 or something when I think I'm really 24.

 

[undoing]

I think that happens to me because my knowing my age becomes something I say on autopilot. I get a laugh out of it, on one hand you answer immediately so you don't look silly, on the other you can get it wrong and look sillier

 

[armyman_83]

As a child, and a teen I always wanted to grow up. I knew that boys didn't change the world--men did. Boys weren't allowed to be soldiers--men were. Boys rarely went off and had great adventures--men do. After becoming a tax paying adult, I don't feel bad about wanting to rush through my childhood. Its not that I had a bad childhood, in fact, it was great.

I just wanted to grow up so I could do amazing and adventurous things. Do I fear old age and dying? No, not really so much. I have lived with the aspect of death before, on a daily basis even. I have entrusted the Lord of Hosts with my soul--surely I trust Him with my body. The only fear of aging might be becoming old and withered, with a dull mind--Heaven take me from here before I become a pain upon those whom I love!

 

[SmileAndAHandshake]

Worrying about aging? Sometimes.

Worrying about dying? Never. Death could happen tomorrow as much as it could have happened yesterday. You can't predict a thing like that.

 

[Sketcher]

Aging and dying isn't the problem, it's where you're at and what you've done.

 

[jamiejohn]

Gee wait till you get to 30..... wish I was still 26 or even 27, happened so fast *sniff*

 

[undoing]

Sometimes I think my life seems longer from the more I can remember, it frightens me that.

 

[CrystalBrooke]

I think I make my fiance' feel "old" sometimes because I just turned 22 and he's about to turn 28. When he talks about shows from his childhood I'm usually looking at him confused and saying "that was before my time"

He doesn't worry much about dying tho, but he does expect it, and soon just given his family history. The men on his side of the family don't live very long, his dad died in his early 40's, his grandfather at 29(both heart attacks). Being old has nothing to do with dying.

Wait til you have kids, then time really flies. I know I'm only 22, but I have a daughter who will be 4 a week from today and it just seems like yesterday she was an infant and now she'll be starting school soon.

 

[Aibrean]

I hear you. I think next year when hopefully I'll hear the pitter-patter of baby feet it will really sink in.

 

[NewCreature13]

I'm in the same boat dude- age sucks

 

[Johnny J]

No man who's ever walked the earth ever lived long enough to wish he hadn't died. It's arrogance to think that we'll live forever, here. Growing older means nothing. Our existences are null in the face of the trillions of years of universal eternity. That's something to be depressed about. Should you die tomorrow or die in a hundred years, your death will ring no more loudly than that of a Roman slave.

 

[WantingToServe]

I'm also 26 going on 27. 30 can seem like a real big number. But you have to remember that the time we have on this earth. 0.1 to 120 years is not even a blink of an eye compared to the literally, trillions upon trillions of years we're going to be alive in heaven. I am not sure how our concept of time is going to be like but its still forever.

Foorrrreeevvvveeerrrrr... hahaha. Now what movie is that from?