Since i turned 50 i have been heard to utter such words of wisdom as age is just a number and you are only as old as the person you are feeling but there is no way to turn back time or drop a few years from your age unfortunately unless of course you are South Korean whose Government have given the population the gift of youth, making them all a year or two younger overnight.
The South Korean method of working out how many candles go on your Birthday Cake was to count the age at birth as one and then a year was added every 1 January meaning if you were born on New Year’s Eve you would be two before the end of the next day.
The President, Yoon Suk Yeol, decided that it was far too confusing so has switched to the method the rest of us use which is to age one year every year and then when you hit 49 tell everyone you are 45 and start going from there.
If only we could all just understand that age is just a number and no reflection on us but i will admit that understanding it is simpler if we are given a couple of years extra to take a run at it like in the old Korean system.
Friday 30 June 2023
What's My Age Again?
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people that say age is in the mind are young.
one day in fitness, at USAA, i just finished my stair master workout with a 40 pound weighted vest. it would take me about 45 minutes to gain 1500', and it was grueling, but it got me in great shape for backpacking trips. one of the fitness employees (25ish) asked, "what is the hardest part of your workout?" i said, picking the damn vest up and lifting over my old head. she said, brilliantly i would add, "age is in your mind".
i asked for an envelop, apiece of paper, and a pen which she provided.
i wrote on the paper, 40 years ago, in 2020, at the age of 25 you told a 65 year old that "age is in your mind". well, 65 year old, what do think about that now?
i put the letter in the envelope and on the outside i wrote "do not open until 2060! best, in remembrance of q, June 2020"
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