Where Do The Years Go?

[msk1986911]

Thirty years pass in a flash: today marks 30 years since I graduated from college (Loyola College-Baltimore…current NCAA Division I Lacrosse Champions). When I think in terms of 30 years, I feel old as hell, yet it seems like it wasn’t that long ago, although a lot has happened since (mostly good): got married to a wonderful woman, have 2 great kids (rising junior in college (at the school that Loyola beat the crap out of in lacrosse on Monday) and rising senior in high school); still gainfully employed and in reasonably good health for an old codger at 52.

Here’s hoping for another 30 plus years and a few more NCAA championships for the Loyola Greyhounds.

Mike

[szyzygy]

I hear ya. You're as young as you feel.

[mikeesik]

Originally Posted by szyzygy

I hear ya. You're as young as you feel.

-yup.

[msk1986911]

No doubt...it's that I don't feel 52, although I haven't a clue what 52 is supposed to feel like!

[dennis in se pa]

"I hear ya. You're as young as you feel."
Yeah, well, comes a day you don't feel so young.
So have fun while you are young and healthy.
When you are old and slowing down it doesn't matter any more.
Have fun now.

[Hugh R]

I'm 58, I graduated UMASS in 79 (a couple of years in the USMC before that). I can't believe I moved to Los Angeles from Boston with about $100 in my pocket. 33 years in LA and married to the same wonderful women for 28 years. BTW at 52 you're a kid.

[tweezers74]

Seriously, guys. Age is just a number. I know lots of people way older than me who seem as young as me and people way younger than me that seem the same age as me. I love all of you guys and think you guys are great and I am 38. Age means nothing. Your attitude towards life and energy is what defines your "age".

[dan88911]

50 is the youth of old age.

[stomachmonkey]

My boy, the peanut, turned 9 yesterday. His sister will be 12 in two months. Feels like yesterday that I was changing diapers.

And I'm pushing 50, when did that all happen?

[Bill Douglas]

I'm 53 and the years seem to race by now. But I sure do have a good time

[recycled sixtie]

It is all relative. I am 65 and we went to visit my FIL in his care home yesterday and he is 96. There was a country and western singer entertaining the group and it was very enjoyable. What would bother me is when you have to have a catheter on you full time like some of these residents. I had one for two weeks and made me feel considerably older, restricted movement, uncomfortable etc. Like I always say you don't know what you have got until it is gone. Like Tweeze says you are as young as u feel. My wife and I walk at least an hour a day. My fil used to say once you hit 50 your energy level goes down. But depends on the individual.

[targa911S]

Originally Posted by msk1986911

No doubt...it's that I don't feel 52, although I haven't a clue what 52 is supposed to feel like!

It feels much better than 62....

[targa911S]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

I'm 53 and the years seem to race by now. But I sure do have a good time

Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer to the end you get, the faster it rolls.

[sc_rufctr]

I'm 47 and recently I laid 52 square meters of ceramic tiles in my house.
Believe me I felt all of my 47 years.
The last time I did anything like that was more than 10 years ago and although hard work it was done without any dramas. This time I really had to push myself to finish.

Yes the years fly by but if you're happy and doing the things you love then that's a great life.

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If you want to find out how "old" you really are try doing something that you did in your youth... Like skate boarding or ice skating.

[speeder]

Health and genetics start to really loom large as you age, IMO. At 50, you can have 20+ years left of good health and fun or it can be the slide into misery.

[72doug2,2S]

Originally Posted by dennis in se pa

"I hear ya. You're as young as you feel."
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I heard Steven Tyler say, "You're only as young as the girl you're feeling." I suppose there's truth to that.

[sc_rufctr]

Hey it's the 1st of June!

It seems like last month we were celebration Christmas.

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by targa911S

Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer to the end you get, the faster it rolls.

There's a good reason for this. When you were very young...say 10 years old...one year represented a full 10% of your total lifetime. Summer vacations from school seemed to last forever...a whole year was an unimaginably long time. Now, when in your 50s, a year is only 1/50 of your lifetime...a much smaller, more easily-imagined slice.
When you were 10, getting your driver's license seemed so far off that it was almost impossible to imagine it ever happening. Now, thinking in terms of 5-year chunks of time isn't that hard at all. Events that happened a year ago can seem like just last month! As we get older, our perception of time constantly changes. This can be a good thing though...like when looking forward to retiring, or waiting on the birth of a grandchild.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

By sc_rufctr: Yes the years fly by but if you're happy and doing the things you love then that's a great life.

You nailed it Peter.

Cheers
JB

[Jim727]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Hey it's the 1st of June!

It seems like last month we were celebration Christmas.

...or more like the 31st of May. We just got a day younger!!