Getting old

Joey_V

Arguably, the most precious thing in life is time.

33 is getting old. I always joke about how I'm getting old but today is the first time it really hit me.

Time flies and things just happen so fast. A year goes by, weeks just fly, and the days seem to steamroll right through.

Even a decade just seems to come and go. I've been with my wife since high school and I've known her for half my life already. My kid just turned 1 and by the time she drives I'll be 48.... Sigh.

It's like that shield of invincibility that we all know so well back during our college days just wears off someday and you try to hang on to what's left of it but you know you can't, the armor fades and you inevitably age.

I'm not posting this because it is my birthday. I am posting this because I wish I could just slow time down (or atleast the perception of it).

Just a vent. Thanks for listening fellas.

vmaxer

Think about it, getting old beats the alternative

I'm with you though, wish we could slow down time.

simm

Hitting 50 this year. That does not even seem possible.

polrbehr

@Joey_V - If you think time is going by fast now, wait until your kid starts school;
kindergarten will morph into 8th grade in the blink of an eye.

I am not saying this to be melancholic or to be a downer, but rather to ask you to spend every minute you possibly can doing what you enjoy. And if that enjoyment can be spent doing things with your kid(s), so much the better. We are all allotted the same 24 hours each day to spend as we please, so be one of the fortunate ones who gets the most out of each day.

Oh, and Happy Birthday too.

hochpt21

@Joey_V

I turned 33 in February and that was the first birthday where I felt "old." It was weird...32 still seemed young...33 seemed old

Oh well

Happy Birthday! Lot's of love, life and memories ahead!

tonyb

Lol.......33 and your feeling old ? Man, i was rollin' at 33. You have one thing right.....time flys by. Close your eyes for a second and a decade whizes by. Why do you think older people like to slow it down a few notches ? Because the time you have left above ground is limited, why hurry it along. God, I remember those days. What....it's Christmas time again ? Didn't it just end like 3 Months ago ? Lol.

cnh

Happy Birthday!

But hey, 33 AIN'T old. You're almost a college student from my PERSPECTIVE! When I was your age I was in the best shape of my life. I felt immortal, not ONCE did the idea of age enter my mind. And I was conducting research and teaching in China. What a great time that was. Young, strong, fast, THIN-I didn't look a day over 25! Those were the days! You should BE REVELING in YOUR YOUTH!

And get back to us on the "old" stuff when you pass 50 or so. And, you know what? We'll still think you're YOUNG! lol

It's all RELATIVE, I'm afraid! My daughter's off to college and I am certainly NOT 48 anymore! Haven't been there in a while?

Joey_V

tonyb wrote: »

Lol.......33 and your feeling old ? Man, i was rollin' at 33. You have one thing right.....time flys by. Close your eyes for a second and a decade whizes by. Why do you think older people like to slow it down a few notches ? Because the time you have left above ground is limited, why hurry it along. God, I remember those days. What....it's Christmas time again ? Didn't it just end like 3 Months ago ? Lol.

Thanks brother...

I may feel old... But I am also blessed. And that's the most important part.

tonyb

Maybe...just maybe...your 33 and looking 20 years out and all you see is you working your b u t t off and every day seems like Groundhog day.

Yeah, that's about right, get used to it. Only....never be soo busy as to not take notice of life and the treasures it offers along the way. Don't forget to live a life, instead of just working one.

Easier said than done, I know, but trust me....leave yourself with no regrets. Life is a balancing act between the things we have to do, and want to do. Sometimes it swings heavier to one side or the other, for years....but that's just the nature of the beast.

Happy Birthday anyway. When you past an old f a r t on the street and they look at you and smile.....they are thinking, " Wooo.....that suckers in for it, glad I'm retired. "

Msabot1

As time goes on....so does life.....get used to it man...and make the best of it!!

nooshinjohn

Finding the other side of 50 in July. I didn't feel old until one day I found my dad staring back at me in the mirror shaving one morning and realizing it was really me.

deronb1

50 next month. I don't really feel old, but I do take more naps, complain about the little things more and listen to smooth jazz more than ever. Well, if it walks like a duck!.......

afterburnt

33 you have a good ten years left in you. 43 was about the age that everything on my body that I tore up and healed started hurting again!

afterburnt

BTW you are not officially old until you are closer to 60 than you are to 20.

Joey_V

This forum is great.

Glad I found this place.

My wife and kid got me a nice card and an ice cream cake... I'll post pics later. But yeah, it's awesome!

Now, what to get myself from myself??

ken brydson

tonyb wrote: »

Lol.......33 and your feeling old ? Man, i was rollin' at 33. You have one thing right.....time flys by. Close your eyes for a second and a decade whizes by. Why do you think older people like to slow it down a few notches ? Because the time you have left above ground is limited, why hurry it along. God, I remember those days. What....it's Christmas time again ? Didn't it just end like 3 Months ago ? Lol.

I've got shoes older than 33....

chefkungfu

I'll be 41 in December.... As I write this, I'm in the maternity unit with my wife of 15yrs, she's going to give birth to our 2nd child!! My son is 2.5yrs and my daughter will be here in the early hours!!!! Life is just starting!!!!!!
Frank.

chefkungfu

I'll post back later! Gotta tend to the wife!!

vmaxer

chefkungfu wrote: »

I'll be 41 in December.... As I write this, I'm in the maternity unit with my wife of 15yrs, she's going to give birth to our 2nd child!! My son is 2.5yrs and my daughter will be here in the early hours!!!! Life is just starting!!!!!!
Frank.

Congrats!!

George Grand

[quote="ken brydson;2138417 I've got shoes older than 33....[/quote]

Socks, shirts, & leather jackets too.

When I turned thirty some thirty-two years ago, about the last thing in the world I felt was old. Time appeared to be moving at an ever increasing speed, but I never felt old because of it. Hippies would've called you a bummer.

F1nut

Joey, at 33 I was just warming up.

Happy Birthday, old man.

jeremymarcinko

Happy Birthday Joey! I know what your going through. I'll be 34 in September and sometimes I feel like I'm losing my youth, but I figure as long as I stay active and act really immature I can squeeze in a few more years before I feel old. I have found doing stupid sh it makes me feel young.

[Deleted User]

Joey,

You trade in your shield of invincibility for your child's wings of immortality. Live life my bro, don't just exist.......

Warmest regards.. Halen

gudnoyez

Wow wish I was 33 again, where lies the problem?

BlueFox

LOL. Same here. At 33 I was into year 1 of quitting smoking, and just starting to exercise. I didn't go to college until I was 34. At 66 I am now starting to occasionally feel old, but I am in much better shape now than when I was 33. Happy Birthday. Live long and prosper.

cfrizz

Happy Birthday Joey, come talk to us in 20 years about feeling old. Well for those of us who might still be alive that is!

deronb1

cfrizz wrote: »

Happy Birthday Joey, come talk to us in 20 years about feeling old. Well for those of us who might still be alive that is!

Yeah, Cathy...sometimes its a little unnerving knowing that we have more years behind us than in front of us. Time for another beer!

minion24

Haha when i first turned 16 and graduated early i was down for cpl of days, thinking i was old..reason being. I didnt have a childhood...after that i just spent days enjoying and doing what i want...working hard at the same time...im 19 going into 20..im a white collar american(income)..prof. painting contractor...im pushing my high and i feel good?=)

monepolk

Yeah I still had a full head of hair at 33, Happy Birthday!

Moose68Bash

Happy birthday, Joey_V!

Don't waste your time feeling old. Just make sure you take advantage of every minute you get.

I don't know whether you've yet had a real life-threatening event. If you have, you know why I mention this in this context.

If you have not, then, when you have your first one (and I hope you survive it), you'll learn how precious time is.

As my mother always said: "Death is a part of life."

She didn't say, "And death is what makes life so valuable." But it is. Anything that is available without limit has no value. Time is no exception.

Carpe diem!

PS: Like ken brydson, I've got shoes older than 30 years. In fact, on Wednesday last, I wore a pair of Alden cordovan leather bluchers that I purchased in the winter of 1979. They look almost new because I have taken good care of them for over 36 years.

There's a lesson in that: Take care of yourself!

afterburnt

kill me Billy!