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Today, March 22 i turned 37 years old. It hit me on Friday that i am getting older. I have never felt bad about a birthday before, but this one really made me think. I feal like i should be farther in my life then i am. I should have done more, i should of got that degree, etc. etc. I guess i feal kinda old! Physically i feal great, i feal like i am 20. Is 37 really that old??? At what age did you guys feal "old"?
People say that age is a state of mind. I believe that. I'm going to be a grandmother and don't feel old though I'm closer to 60 than 50. I just have to be careful not to look in mirrors where I see my mother looking back at me!
Happy Birthday! You share a birthday with my younger daughter who is 25 today.
I have never felt bad about a birthday before, but this one really made me think. I feal like i should be farther in my life then i am. I should have done more, i should of got that degree, etc. etc.
We all go through life wondering what might have been if we chose to do this or that. Think about your successes and the good decisions you've made.
I was just on another thread saying how I sometimes tell myself I shouldv'e partied more when I was in my early 20s. Then I think about not having to deal with the pitfalls of it.
I am 42 and I don't feel old at all. Maybe when I'm 80 I'll feel old, lol.
If you feel old maybe it's time for you to make some changes. You are young and you still have plenty of time to do so many things in your life. Make it happen. If you want something go after it. If you aren't happy about something in your life then change it. If you have regrets look at them as learning lessons.
Age is only a number but your life is what you make of it. Now go out there and "live".
I still refer to forty somethings, as that older person. I'll be 53 soon but only feel it when something hurts. I still act like I'm in my 20's or 30's. I have never regretted my age, just the stupid stunts that caused the injuries which make it difficult to get out of bed in the morning. As long as I keep moving all day I'm doing good!!
I feel like i should be farther in my life then i am. I should have done more, i should of got that degree, etc. etc.
It's never, ever too late to go back to school. I returned to college at age 43, while working full time. It took me five years of going to class at night after working all day, but I earned my bachelor's degree at 48, and now, at age 52, I have my dream job working for the employer I have always wanted to work for. It is worth every late night spent studying, every hour spent in class instead of home with my family, every penny of tuition that I paid.
Do I regret not going back earlier? In a way I do, but I know without the faintest shadow of a doubt that I would not have been as successful earlier in my life as I was in my 40s. I wasn't as mature, as driven, as motivated, as patient - or as stubborn. Once I started, I was just too darn mulish to stop until I finished.
Your life isn't over at age 37. Heck, at age 37, I still wasn't even sure what I wanted to be when I grew up. Take your current mood and use it to energize yourself to accomplish all those things you wanted to do.
I went back to college at 30, graduated at 33 due to some transfer credits. Went back again for grad school later.
My only advice would be to get a degree that teaches you a marketable skill, like medical care, science, engineering, something technical. Gone are the days when a degree in basket weaving could still get someone a viable job.
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