Do you ever worry (or just stop and think) about your age?

Question

Last night I couldn't sleep (hense, my question before this) because I was thinking about turning 30. I am 29 years old and will turn 30 in 3 months. To be honest, I never really thought about it before. I mean, so what, I'm gonna be 30 this year. What's the big deal? But, for some reason, the thought rushed into my mind last night...... Whoa.... I can't believe I'm gonna be 30. And I actually surprised myself for all of a sudden thinking about it like that. Where has the time gone! What the heck happened to my 20's?....... So, what about you guys? Does the thought of how old you are just hit you like a ton of bricks sometimes?

I just wanted to add that I'm very happy with the way my life is right now and I have no regrets from the past. We live and learn, right? Anyway, I have a wonderful husband and we have been blessed with a beautiful little girl (who is now 2). I love my family very much and I couldn't ask for more. I'm happy with the way things are now, but I can't help but think that from now on, anything I want in life, I will need to rush to get it before it all ends.

Answer 1

I never thought that I would say this, but they grow up so fast don’t they? I spent most of my life thinking how dumb my parents sounded when they said things like that. Things that I swore I would never repeat, ‘when I was a parent’. Now, Caitlin is in her 5th year, and Mitchell will be 3 in May, which effectively makes me a parent…and you know what I said not even 5 minutes before I started typing this…”Don’t make me come up there!” That’s right, Cpl Harvie has reached that stage in life. The stage where he is beginning to realize that he is “getting there”. I have become my parents! Catherine and I were just a couple of high-end teenage lovebirds just a week or so ago, now I am pushing thirty with a mortgage, car loan, credit cards, utility bills, along with many more things. The part that has made me realize it the most, is that right at this very moment, I am sitting in front of my ‘laptop’ in my bath-robe and pajamas, typing a newspaper article on a Saturday morning, while I argue with our daughter about sitting too close to the T.V and getting ‘square eyes’. Yeah, yeah, I know that this happens to everyone, but I am positive that everyone felt the same way I do right now, “it’s not going to happen to me!” I am going to deny the signs of aging until the day I get old and die! Just because I sometimes enjoy the music that they play in the elevators, I’m not getting old. Just because I sound like a bowl of ‘Rice Krispies’ when I get out of bed, I’m not getting old. When I pick out a breakfast cereal at the supermarket for its fiber content instead of its taste, that just means I’m eating smarter, right? I no longer find myself loitering in Radio Shack to see what new toys they have, but instead I can usually be seen somewhere deep in the Pharmacy inspecting the different styles of ‘Dr Scholl’s’ foot products. Pretty much, I am doing all the things that I thought I never would. To all of you teenagers out there reading this article, you’re next! You can control everything in your life, except time. You deny it, but it’s coming, trust me. “Oil of Olay, twice a day”, you know what, I don’t think so. All these ‘new fangled’ products aren’t going to save you from getting older; they may make you feel better, but not any younger. Even though the passing of time isn’t making me any prettier, or the inevitable erosion that is taking place beneath the surface of my skin isn’t helping, I don’t regret a thing. You ever look back and ask yourself “what would I change if I could go back in time?” I have and I wouldn’t change a thing. I may be getting older, and I may have a lot of bills and headaches, and some days I do feel like my body is crumbling away like the ‘statue of David’, but I am happy with my life and where I am now. As I close my eyes and think about my family, about the adventures we have had, about all the ‘ups and downs’, one particular T.V commercial comes to mind…”I want more laugh lines…” On second thought…I think I’ll stick with my Diet Pepsi.

…that’s just me

Answer 2

You know I am 25 but I am not a typical 25 year old I have three kids and have been married for 7 years so I thank I will love my 30's and 40's when my kids are getting to be grown up. Don't stress 30 is the new 20.

Answer 3

Yes, it is kind of strange to take a look back. When you are younger time goes by so much slower, so ages like 18, 25, 30 sound so much older than they really are. Once you get older and you lead a much busier life with more obligations, time gets away from you. Also, it is a little scary to think that your life may be half over. This is something that happens to a lot of people. Or you may feel like you haven't accomplished anything. It is a little surreal, but 30 is still young.

Answer 4

10 years have gone behind, no one told us when to run, we missed the starting gun. Yeah 30 was hard for me. It happen overnight suddenly I was older. With us we didnt have children till we were 28 and it was a real shocker. Loss of freedom along with turning 30. We are now 35 years old with a 7 year old and a 14 month old. Life is good, hopefully the kids will keep us young. LOL

Answer 5

Country music lyrics hold the secrets to all of life's problems.

Tim Mcgraw

I think Ill take a moment, celebrate my age
The ending of an era and the turning of a page
Now its time to focus in on where I go from here
Lord have mercy on my next thirty years

Hey my next thirty years Im gonna have some fun
Try to forget about all the crazy things Ive done
Maybe now Ive conquered all my adolescent fears
And Ill do it better in my next thirty years

My next thirty years Im gonna settle all the scores
Cry a little less, laugh a little more
Find a world of happiness without the hate and fear
Figure out just what Im doing here
In my next thirty years

Oh my next thirty years, Im gonna watch my weight
Eat a few more salads and not stay up so late
Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers
Maybe Ill remember my next thirty years

My next thirty years will be the best years of my life
Raise a little family and hang out with my wife
Spend precious moments with the ones that I hold dear
Make up for lost time here, in my next thirty years
In my next thirty years

Answer 6

It hit me yesterday that in less than a month I'll be tunring 21. I'll no longer be underage. A time to grow up a little more. I consider myself older than my years in certain situations, but it really hit me pretty hard that I'll never be underage again. Sure, I'll still be carded because I look like I'm 15, but in a month my picture on my driver's licence will no longer have the red border around it that says "UNDER 21"and "Georgia" also in red, but will instead have a simple green border that says nothing and "Georgia" also in green indicating I'm no longer underage. What's even harder to realize is that my ten years younger brother will turn 11 a month after I turn 21... He's growing up so fast and I can still remember the day we was born and I introduced myself as his big sister. Wow, time flies by so fast doesn't it?

Answer 7

Yes, I do. Believe me, 30 is a youngster! I'll be 52 this year, but the thing is, I don't feel old. The old saying is true, you're as young as you feel. Don't be afraid of 30, 40, or 50 - it's not so bad. I'm handling getting hit with the bricks.

Answer 8

When you are young, you see 30 as old, cause that's how old your parents are. But when you get there, you still feel young.

Many people see 30 as a milestone, that you should be on the right track in your life, as it is 1/3 over.

Me, I know what I want to do, I'll get there when I get there, I'm young at heart, so I'm still a kid, even though my physical appearance says otherwise. Age is all a state of mind.

Answer 9

When I turned 30 it bothered me too. I sware everything physical started to happen, I needed glasses, then back surgery, you name it :) But I'm 36 now and I say all the time, where has it gone? Do you have kids? Every1 alway's say's enjoy them when they are young cuz when they get older they won't wanna hang out w/their parents! oh! god no! my son is turning 14 in May and I think wow! it won't be long and he'll be driving! My mom had me when she was 15. I said to my husband, do you realize if that was our situation we could be grandparents w/in a year?! ughhhhhhh! I'll never make it through his teen yrs! ha! My daughter is 9 & I will be in a crazy house b4 she becomes a teen. I told my kids that I go get my greys covered in my hair and they should split the cost becuz it's all from them! ha!ha!ha! good luck! and Happy soon b-day!

Answer 10

Yes I do think of it also. But sometimes I just think of how good the present future is going to be. I am 24 and sometimes i wish i didn't have any responsibility but you can't change anything.
I heard the 30's are the new twenty's. You will be fine. Just think you will feel much younger. If you think that you will feel that :) <3 Happy early Birthday.