It\u2019s true what they say; age is just a number. Just because those numbers keep adding up doesn\u2019t mean the fun stops! After all, getting older may be an unavoidable part of life, but growing up is 100% optional!\n
If there\u2019s one clich\u00e9 that\u2019s actually completely true, it\u2019s that age is just a number. It\u2019s meaningless, really, especially since we humans created the entire concept of time. Sure, it\u2019s based on some complex mathematical equation that most of us will never really understand, but it\u2019s still a human-made concept.\n
So, why then do we put SO much stock into it? We fight it like crazy. Did you know that worldwide, people spent $58.5 BILLION in 2020 on anti-aging products? Just to put that into perspective, that\u2019s double the amount that the 25 countries with the lowest GDP (gross domestic product) make combined. In other words, we spend more money JUST fighting against aging than 25+ nations make all year on EVERYTHING. Crazy, right??\n
What\u2019s the point? Why are do we try so hard to avoid the aging process? I think a lot of it has to do with the expectations that come along with getting older.\n
We have this idea in our head that once we reach a certain age, we can no longer do the things that we enjoyed when we were younger, no matter how much we want to. Let me give you some examples.\n
We can\u2019t really be blamed for feeling like we\u2019re \u201ctoo old\u201d to do things. After all, from the moment we can comprehend language, we\u2019re told to grow up and act our age. My least favorite quote is the one that goes \u201cWhen I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.\u201d\n
I know that a lot of people really love that quote. It\u2019s part of pretty much every high school graduation speech I\u2019ve ever heard. Personally, though I think it\u2019s just sad. Those \u201cchildish things\u201d are part of what makes life so fun.\n
Honestly, they also keep us young FAR better than any anti-aging cream could ever do.\n
We need to stop telling ourselves that we\u2019re too old and rediscover our inner child. Ride rollercoasters. Go to rock concerts. Backpack through Europe. Run through sprinklers and dance in the rain (contrary to what your great-grandmother said, you literally CANNOT catch a cold from wet hair). Heck, go skydiving if that floats your proverbial boat!\n
The point is, HAVE FUN! Don\u2019t tell yourself, \u201cOh, I\u2019m too old to do this.\u201d Don\u2019t stop living. Don\u2019t stop dreaming. If you give up and \u201cgrow up,\u201d you\u2019re basically letting nothing more than a human-made concept like a number defeat you. You\u2019re saying \u201cbecause this body has gone around the sun more than X amount of times, I am no longer allowed to have fun.\u201d How silly is that, when you put it that way?\n
Life is WAY too short to let something like a little number and a few spins around the sun dictate how much fun you have. You\u2019ll NEVER, ever, ever (a million times ever) regret doing the things you enjoy. You WILL, however, regret the things you left undone. So, get out there and LIVE!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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