Loved this interview! Her book sounds like a fun summer read to add to my list.
Made me think: do I spend less time and energy on stuff that doesn't matter much because I'm wiser? Or am I more tired and have to make choices because I can't keep up? I think it took me a handful of years in my mid-40s to fully accept this and make changes. So maybe it's both and I'm becoming wiser through the process of change.
Either way, a life-giving perspective is what I like about getting older too — now close to 50.
I can relate to so much of this -- including the "peak fun" of a bike ride! Whee!
"not wasting my time and energy going from zero to 60 over something that doesn’t merit it" -- yes -- I really love the perspective that comes from being (myself) 58. Some of the problems of youth just fade away later. And "End intergenerational warfare now!" For real! My wish is that no person would ever announce, self-deprecatingly, "I'm old..." There's no reason we should use the word "old" in those disclaimer kinds of ways. I want to speak of my own experiences as a unique person and not use a generalizing label like "old" as part of that. OK I'll go sit down and be quiet now :-D
Luke Kirby, sigh ❤️🔥
New Everything But the Girl song?? Wow!
"Neck grotesquerie." Perfect!
Loved this interview! Her book sounds like a fun summer read to add to my list.
Made me think: do I spend less time and energy on stuff that doesn't matter much because I'm wiser? Or am I more tired and have to make choices because I can't keep up? I think it took me a handful of years in my mid-40s to fully accept this and make changes. So maybe it's both and I'm becoming wiser through the process of change.
Either way, a life-giving perspective is what I like about getting older too — now close to 50.
I loved this book so much!
I can relate to so much of this -- including the "peak fun" of a bike ride! Whee!
"not wasting my time and energy going from zero to 60 over something that doesn’t merit it" -- yes -- I really love the perspective that comes from being (myself) 58. Some of the problems of youth just fade away later. And "End intergenerational warfare now!" For real! My wish is that no person would ever announce, self-deprecatingly, "I'm old..." There's no reason we should use the word "old" in those disclaimer kinds of ways. I want to speak of my own experiences as a unique person and not use a generalizing label like "old" as part of that. OK I'll go sit down and be quiet now :-D