We all have our milestones.
But you know you’re getting up there when your kids realize they are now viewed as an older generation.
A popular site travelling the Internet circuit among 30-year-olds is called “30 signs you’re almost 30.”
Significant events include getting “carded” to purchase alcohol, wild party pictures have been replaced by photos of your children and your marathon times on your Facebook page, you’ve gone to a bar and left because it’s too loud, you’ve become a “sunscreen Nazi” to avoid sun damage and you get excited about “lame” things such as low interest rates.
Fair enough.
But from this side, maturity has its advantages, including a lot fewer opportunities to publicly embarrass ourselves.
However, no age is truly without its worries.
A recent release by the Alzheimer’s Association lists the top 10 warning signs of the impending disease.
The good thing about the report is that it balances “normal” signs of aging against the dreaded disease.
It’s normal to forget a person’s name, but it’s a bad sign if it never pops up in your memory bank.
It’s normal to forget where your purse or sunglasses were last placed, but if you are unable to retrace your steps, that’s a sign something may be misfiring. Same goes for blaming someone for taking the misplaced items.
It’s normal to feel a need to chill out and let others carry the weight of an activity, but it’s a warning if you truly want to withdraw from work or social activities. By design, we are meant to be social creatures.
Young or old, we each have our challenges and milestones to reach; they just change with age.
-— Susan Lynn
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