Is 40 young?

[War_Eagle]

I believe that I am still a young person. I would think that a middle aged person would no longer be young, like someone who is 50-60 years old. Am I young or middle aged? I have been so concerned about my age that I have wondered this for years. It doesn't help that a 60 year old would consider me young, yet a 20 year old would consider me old. I have obsessed less about my age because I have embraced it. However, I still have those nagging thoughts that just won't go away.

I'm 49 and in better shape than most of my kids' friends. I'm sure if I could jump in a time machine and go back and stand next to my twenty year old self, I'd notice the difference.

But now, I don't feel much different.

It's all about how you take care of yourself and how active you stay.

 

[War_Eagle]

I read the other day that middle age begins at 45. So if that is correct, technically 40 is still young adult.

Reminds me of a line from "On Golden Pond":

"Oh, Norman, you're not old. You're middle aged!"

"Really? How many 140 year old people do you know?"

 

[sweetsunday]

I'm 46 and think of myself as middle-aged (and proud of it!). Sure, as we get older we lose a spring in our step but we also have more money, more assets, more buying power and (hopefully) more wisdom. I look at aging as a gift and I look forward to my fifties, sixties, seventies and beyond if it is in God's plan for me!

 

[WannaWitness]

In conclusion, my basic perception of "middle age" is roughly between very late 30s to about 54-55.

Quoting myself as I have changed my perspective on this particular portion of my post (which was made over two years ago) and have come to realize that nobody is really "old" until the age of 70 or thereabouts. But then again, it's all depends on on the individual and how they feel. Where one person can feel really old at the age of 40, another person can feel young at the age of 60. I'm 44, and some of the time I don't feel as though I'm even that old; other times, I pretty much feel the age I am, and maybe even a bit older. But some have said that age is just a number, and for the time being, I think I'll stand on that!

But... time marches on!

 

[sweetsunday]

I'm 46 and think of myself as middle-aged (and proud of it!). Sure, as we get older we lose a spring in our step but we also have more money, more assets, more buying power and (hopefully) more wisdom. I look at aging as a gift and I look forward to my fifties, sixties, seventies and beyond if it is in God's plan for me!

and I also want to add more family to that list! We have husbands and children and perhaps even grandchildren by now! More family equals more love!

 

[Christian_Follower]

I believe that I am still a young person. I would think that a middle aged person would no longer be young, like someone who is 50-60 years old. Am I young or middle aged? I have been so concerned about my age that I have wondered this for years. It doesn't help that a 60 year old would consider me young, yet a 20 year old would consider me old. I have obsessed less about my age because I have embraced it. However, I still have those nagging thoughts that just won't go away.

Well, what age 40 are you? 40-45 or 46-50 ? lol I'll be 40 next month... oh fun lol

 

[Note]

I lost a parent at 55. People pass on from this mud ball of a planet in their 70s. All of this is way, way too young. For years, I have this mindset. See, if people claim that "you are as young as you feel" or something, I go by a different one... my own. I have the mindset of not dying. I got too much to do to age and whiter away. I have a target age and it is over 300. That is the age I prefer to hit. Moses, Adam, Lot, a whole bunch of them lived centuries. I think I be bored by then, but 300+ seems good. I say this so that instead of expecting I got 30 years left on Earth and stressing over that, I got over 200 more to go. I just got too much to do. I am not old to how others would claim me by age, and I call people under age 100 as young.
With my mindset, I am not going to worry about dying young or thinking I am "old." I may be too old for a nice girl to want to date (I am picky) but I am not old that I have to start filling out senior forms. Besides, after my 2011 layoff, I got nothing to retire with. Am pretty much still dead broke. So, I be working for decades on end anyway, assuming our jobs are not still vanishing for all the reasons they do by the time 2100 AD comes around for me.

 

[mama2one]

At 45, I am just really starting to feel like I am in my 30's lol. Don't look my age either, thank God! Also, I had a baby at 43-

agree
I have relatives who have given birth in their 40's (one planned, two unexpected blessings)
so as an older mother, I don't feel out of the norm and my elementary school child thinks I'm in my 20's and I think I feel 29
and my husband says I act younger

most people think I'm younger than I am, too which makes me believe I am younger....ha

 

[straykat]

I feel young, but that number troubles me. I don't think I look young either (no crow's feet at least.. but some grey).

 

[Ancient of Days]

I believe that I am still a young person. I would think that a middle aged person would no longer be young, like someone who is 50-60 years old. Am I young or middle aged? I have been so concerned about my age that I have wondered this for years. It doesn't help that a 60 year old would consider me young, yet a 20 year old would consider me old. I have obsessed less about my age because I have embraced it. However, I still have those nagging thoughts that just won't go away.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior and walk with him daily you will receive eternal life. Now compare ETERNITY to your present age. Stop comparing yourself to the world and how the world thinks, they have it all wrong. Remember, our physical death is only the beginning for us! I am ready to go!

 

[mama2one]

apparently, it depends what you hear
laurel or yanny




The voice behind the 'laurel' recording revealed: Jay Aubrey Jones


I hear yanny, therefore am young, for sure....

 

[mama2one]

as long as my child stays 10 yrs old, I'll be young
but when my child becomes a teen, think I'll start aging, lol

3 yrs left to feel young

 

[Godcrazy]

Is the OP still in here.
I'm 47,but God given me the gift of youth, so I physically look between 20-30. I don't seem to age. I know I should be very grateful, but when only people that age wants to be friends or hook up, .. And same time, not being married no kids you have nothing in common with same agers unless in same situation. I'm also very timeless so I have a wide range of interests and a very active mind so it doesn't help apparently. I'm quite young in mind but same time with my age depth. If not more as I've always been. Talk about problems lol

 

[mama2one]

And same time, not being married no kids you have nothing in common with same agers unless in same situation. I'm also very timeless so I have a wide range of interests and a very active mind so it doesn't help apparently.l

it's good to have lots of interests!

often I find people my age boring so my friends are usually much younger or much older (like a mom/mentor)

my husband calls me a kid often, lol

 

[Godcrazy]

Yes, I like to stimulate my mind, and I love doing things as well but currently I have noone to do with, but like God said focus on me and better be alone, than with the wrong people. There's so much to do and talk about, and I love having a laugh and being silly. I have never understood, how you at certain ages stop this. What happened to God's beautiful nature, go for a coffee, travel, anything. Life. God is life.

 

[Godcrazy]

That too I feel exactly like you, and I want to do alot for God as well. I don't wa want to sit down waiting I want to draw people up in revival for the Lord

 

[Godcrazy]

I just had a thought ,what when we get to heaven, and we sit like.. What now I didn't have any interest back there.. Nothing I want to do

 

[Godcrazy]

That only make me think about, when people get married and they think oh when I get married, things will turn. But as I have been there neither the less being lied to by a unbeliever about marriage when I was away from God neither the less, we kinda lived as semi married, and I can say first hand that you don't have more fun. If you don't have your interests. They won't fill you. And unfortunately it's limited what they can do for you regarding your walk. Yes a believer can of course encourage you but that only goes that far So, you're either dead or alive by own accord, and of course, the Lord =)

 

[Lik3]

Well, what age 40 are you? 40-45 or 46-50 ? lol I'll be 40 next month... oh fun lol

Interesting you ask. This has been a while since I ask this question. I am now 44 and I am scared of aging. It is as if time is running out. The biological clock is no longer ticking. I will have a much harder time losing weight. I have graying hair in the front. I worry too much and so down and out a lot of the time. I feel like I am losing it at times. My anxiety seems to have gotten worse over time.

 

[JAM2b]

1 Peter 3: 3-4 Your adornment must not be merely external-braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; 4but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.