40 is the new 25

I have always looked forward to getting older. Reaching the next phase of life. Seeing things through a new set of eyes, be they my wifes or my kids or even my own with a new pair of glasses. When a friend of mine told me that 40 was the new 25 I sort of understood what was behind it.

Turning 40 doesn't seem to have the same feeling it did in the past. Maybe that's because I'm almost there or maybe it's because of all the stuff you hear about middle age and how you should be feeling and acting. As I thought about it some more I found that "40 is the new 25" may not apply to those that are married or who have kids. I've always said that getting married adds 2 years to your age and each child adds another 2 on top of that which means I'm pushin 50.

As the days to turning 40 come closer I think to the future again and wonder in 50 will be the new 40. I still look forward to getting older but the years are going by faster and faster. See 1 year at 40 is 1/40th of your life so it goes by faster than when you are 12 and it's only 1/12th your life. Ah 12, I remember 12 quite well. Hope I can continue to remember the past as well as I do or at least the past that I've created using the same stories over and over with slight additions each time. O.K. so I digressed a bit, after all I'm almost 40.

So here's to 40 be it the new 25 or not it's coming soon.

See here on what the Dilbert guy says about aging.