Let’s normalize being old

And, let’s be real, 30s or 40s is not even that old

Age is a weird thing. It’s somehow a defining characteristic of you, while being something that you can’t change no matter what you do, or don’t do.

It’s something that just happens to you.

Time passes. You get older. The end.

When you’re a kid, you can’t wait to get older.

When you’re older, you wish you were younger.

What is wrong with being old?

Nothing, technically.

Except, why are we all trying so hard to not get old?

Anti-aging skin care is as old as time, and there’s a whole recent trent of longevity hacks promising to help you live longer.

It’s more a society construct that being old is “bad” and being young is somehow the more desirable state.

It’s all just marketing, really. A way to sell us more stuff so we can try to achieve the impossiblility of turning back time or pressing pause at the very least.

The physical reality of getting older

Some say age is just a number. At the same time, there is the physical reality that your body (and potentially mind)…