Re:The relationship between mindset and getting old
by Bakary on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:59PM
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You're right, of course. The idea of slowly degenerating and becoming irrelevant like this has filled me with a sense of dread for a long time, although I've largely accepted the inevitable now.
I would say I'm attempting to get at least one decade of vaguely defined "intense" living. If I can get that it would already be more than what a lot of people get!
When you get older your body wears out, even if you take care of it. You may not notice it as an active 40 year old but you definitely will as a 70 year old.
Other things like culture and values change around you and you can't always keep up, causing the feeling that "the world is going to hell". Maybe your field was doing great 20-30 years ago and is now on a downward trajectory (again you can't always plan for that decades in advance).
It doesn't have to be that way but getting old at some point does suck for most people, some earlier than others.