TURNING 50

HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT TURNING 50?

It honestly feels no different to turning 30 or 40.

The fitter I get the better I feel. The healthier I eat the more my body responds

to it. How you age depends on how well you treat yourself and your body always, that's what counts. Do you talk negatively to yourself? The body remembers it.

And even though I still have a year to go before I turn 50, I am already

thinking about it and how I can improve my life before I get there.

AN UNCONVENTIONAL LIFE LIVED:

As an independent woman who has not conformed to the usual marriage and having kids at a young age or even going to Uni as soon as I finished school, I have pathed my own path in my own way, doing things the opposite way to the norms. It doesn't make me a better or worse person, it just makes me different. And not everyone has to do things the same way we have all been taught to do from childhood.

MY GOALS IN LIFE:

What are my goals in life? I'm still working those ones out.

But what I do know is that every day I live is a blessing from the Universe and whatever is install for me will unfold soon.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GETTING OLDER?

I think once you get over the age of about 30 you start to accept your age more and you stop caring what others think or do. Yes, things start changing in the body, but they seem to even out again over time. Media portrays age as something scary but let me tell you that it is bliss not caring what anyone thinks. Your own opinion matters more than anything else in this world, and what more do you want or need??

REMEMBERING THE PAST:

I remember being a child and thinking all 50-year-olds were so old and had warped opinions on life. And now that I am approaching it, I see things very differently.

I'm not sure if the generation before us had a completely dissimilar mentality to us, or if because they didn't have the internet in their lives that they lived things that we will never see, but it is not how I see things now. I loved life prior to social media, free

of pressures from people. But I must admit the internet has opened up opportunities for many of us we could never have had without it. And it connects us to people we may have lost.

HOW IT FEELS TO LOOK MUCH YOUNGER THAN YOUR AGE:

It is actually funny when people find out your real age compared to what you look like, the stunnedness on their face says it all. Especially when they realise they have been talking to you and treating you like a child. Age is not just a number, it is the years you have lived on this earth, the wisdom you accumulated and the experiences you have had. And it is not shameful to be any age, we will all be that age at one point in life so be happy to have lived as long as you have.

MY LAST THOUGHTS ON THIS TOPIC FOR NOW:

To me, the most important thing other than age is respect. Do you respect yourself and others around you? Coz if you don't, no age is important. And feeling superior or inferior to others due to age is totally irrelevant. Respect is number one.

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Thanks for reading this post on age. What do you think about your age? Has this changed your views on your own age or the people around you that may be older than you? See you on the next one...cheers! The Style Secrets.