I’m 39 and convinced that I’m middle aged.
\nWhich is fine by me. In fact, I like it. It’s kind of like I’m floating around in the middle of a lake in an inflatable tube. There’s lots of water on all sides. My feet are trailing in the water while my head leans back onto the perfect cushion that is the side of my inflatable tube.
\nI’m not sure what the tube symbolizes. Possibly just that I really like floating around in inflatable tubes. I think the water may be time. And my feet are probably standing in for “actions considered but not taken.”
\nAnyways, however the imagery shakes out, it’s really not a bad place to be.
\nI’ve been asking my fellow 35-40+ year-old friends what they think the last few days — “Are we middle aged?” — and many of them seem pretty sure that we have a ways to go. “Didn’t you get the memo?” they ask. “40 is the new 30.”
\nBut I don’t know. I’m not so sure the 30-year-olds are ready to sign off on that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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