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I was thinking about this last night before going to sleep.
I’m getting older. As a teen I remember feeling the skin under my forearms and thinking to myself… man this part of the skin feels so soft! I studied the lines in my fingers with my best childhood girlfriends and discussed what each line meant. Of course scrutinizing ‘the love line’ was the most absorbing.
Now I’m feeling skin that isn’t as soft as it was before. Some lines in my hands have started to appear where I hadn’t noticed before. Changes in my body have finally made me realize that I’m no longer invincible. When you’re a kid and then a teen you think you’re going to be young forever. Nothing can touch you and you dream about what it’s like to be grown up and on your own.
The feeling of aging is finally hitting me, albeit ever so slowly… and I have to admit that it’s awkward and unsettling. Its almost akin to puberty… Your body is changing. Those around you are changing. Instead of getting your first kisses and first boyfriends, friends are getting married, buying houses and having babies.
The ride that is adulthood has finally arrived…you’ve waited so long for this moment, and now that you’re strapped in, you realize the coaster car is going much faster than you anticipated.
So I’m going to try my best to slow down. At least a little bit… so I can appreciate getting older and encountering life’s milestones with open arms. I don’t want to lose that sense of wonder.
♥ E&I
That’s a really great and eloquent sentiment. I like that you decided to share it, and it made me feel better about my day! Appreciate life and don’t lose your sense of wonder– I think I can handle that. xD
Wow, our posts really dovetailed today. That’s really interesting that you compared the changes we go through in our 20′s to puberty. You’re really quite correct, but for whatever reason the changes at puberty and menopause get far more attention. Maybe if the changes in between got more attention we’d be more comfortable dealing with them.
Hi Janelle,
I feel you. I was just thinking about this a few days ago and I’m so surprised that this sentiment of getting older resonates with you. I think a lot of not wanting to get old or being afraid of getting older is a societal makeup. I mean, we see how people strive so hard to stay 18-24 years old permanently whether it be looking the part (e.g. revealing clothes) or acting the part (e.g. Real Housewives-esque ditzy).
I’m 27 but I’ve been getting the “wow, you look soo young” and “you look like a teenager” a lot thanks to my no-makeup, juvenile bangs, and ACNE(!). Also, I have a super sheltered mom who treats me like a child…Sigh…
Sometimes, I feel that I’ll just jump from childhood to my later middle-agehood without the grown-up adult transitioning in between.
I’m scared of getting wrinkles. I’ve started to eat a lot healthier and wear a ton of sunscreen…I don’t want to get wrinkles.