Well, it’s
official, now. I’m middle-aged. The big four zero. And I’ve endured some
merciless messages from friends, to which I’ve reminded most of them that they
passed this barrier years before me. But I am older.
Thing is,
while I do feel older in some respects, I’m still very much a kid at heart. And
I don’t intend to let a number related to how long I’ve been on the planet
change that. I won’t talk about young kids being whipper snappers or how it
used to be back in the good old days.
And of
course comes the rumination and self-evaluation of where I’m at in my life. Am
I where I thought I’d be? No. Am I where I’d like to be? That’s more
complicated. Yes and no. I think, though, the big step is to just keep moving
forward, to make sure I am truly living life instead of being along for the
ride.