from Acceptance
Age is a fascinating concept. When I was 17, I felt more like a 100 year old. However closer I get to a 100, more I feel like a 17 year old.
As psychologists note, chronologically, you may be 30, 40, 50, 60 or 70 years of age, based on when you were born. There is no arguing that unless you’ve embraced some new alternative way of doing math. The real question is how old do you feel – what is your psychological age?
Your psychological age is determined by you, not anyone or anything else, so you can actually feel as young as you want. You may think you should act a certain age, but that is more than likely your desire to fit into some conventional notion of how a person of your age should act. Regardless of how you feel right now, recognize that you have within you the ability to change how old you feel today.
So how old do you choose to be today?
From White Ribbon Day New Zealand
THE END
Otrazhenie 
I’m going for 30 then.
Enjoy it 🙂 You can change it to 17 the next day and then to 25 on another to add a bit of variety and make it even more exciting 😉
Or I could add those both together and still be in credit 😀
He-he, good point 🙂
This is an interesting argument. My father in his eighties would say that he often thought he was still in his thirties but when he looked in the mirror he often didn’t recognise the old man looking back at him. I’m the same, the person in the mirror is not the person I feel myself to be. I too think I am far younger than i look. Which is probably a good thing for me. Trouble with aging is the body begins to slow down, the bits in your body need various drugs to function well enough to keep you alive but your brain sees ha it wants, it still hasn’t aged like the body has, at least in my experience. Fascinating question O. Well done.
Truly fascinating. Also, the way age is perceived changes a lot over time. The age that was considered to be ‘old’ on the past now is perceived as ‘middle-age’ due to the increasing life span. Even the ‘slowing down’ bodies can do amazing things in a very respectable age. As an example, check out the story of the 80 year old Japanese mountain climber who climbed Mt Everest in May this year – see at http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/japan/130523/japanese-mountain-climber-yuichiro-miura-extreme-skiing . Truly amazing. There is no way I could get to the top of Mt Everest even though I’m much younger.
Getting vertical of a morning is an achievement and then getting to work.
Thanks for the great posts I do so like commenting.
The pleasure is mine. Have a lovely day 🙂
I don’t want to be old reality which we can’t escape.. Upon seeing my grandma , something got into my mind “It is hard to be old” ..
Not everyone sees it that way though, Zkye. People can do amazing things in a very respectable age. As an example, check out the story of the 80 year old Japanese mountain climber who climbed Mt Everest in May this year – see at http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/japan/130523/japanese-mountain-climber-yuichiro-miura-extreme-skiing .
absolutely,
My kids think I act like a 12 year old! Does that count? 🙂
He-he, my kids scold me sometimes for behaving sillier than them. 😉
So, so true.
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My mother was nearly 95 when she died and yet I still saw her posing in front of the mirror admiring herself. She had dementia in the last year or so and interestingly research has identified that in that state we do see ourselves as our younger versions to match our memories. I looked in the mirror this morning with my reading glasses on and I am obviously still of sound mind!
Loved your comment. Never realised that dementia can have such a positive effect on people’s self-perception. Before I look in the mirror next time, I should either get dementia or take my glasses off 🙂
Definitely if they are reading glasses – wrinkles become craters! Enjoy your day.
Enjoy your day too 🙂
I found the article very interesting. OMG, I need some of the OJ these folks are having. I feel so old, I’m checking for mold . . .
It might be a good time to clean that mold off then 😉
lol
Great concept, however sometimes “the mind is willing but the body is not” reality also has to be faced in the mirror, Hopefully, by then we have a lot of good memories to draw upon and a computer to keep our mind electrons from clogging up.and short circuiting.
Very good point – luckily we have computers now to keep our mind electrons re-charged at any age 🙂
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Couldn’t resist sharing this! Some days I wake up feeling ancient but some days I feel like a kid again. How old do YOU feel today?
I agree with you…except my growing aches and pains tell me differently. 🙂
Yep, that’s the only problem. 😦 Take care of yourself and don’t let those growing aches and pains to take over your mind. Have a lovely day 🙂
And on the opposite end of the spectrum, though chronologically less than 25, I choose to perceive myself somewhat older. For one thing, living in Africa, younger people tend to be less vocal, and I have chosen to break away from the mold. I guess the psychological age really is of more value than the chronological 🙂
Very good point. Congratulations with breaking away from the ‘imposed’ mold. Have you ever seen “Freedom” sculpture in the USA? If not, check it out at https://otrazhenie.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/freedom-is-mans-capacity-to-mold-ourselves/ . Our capacity to mold ourselves in our own way matters more than our chronological age, gender or any other ‘imposed’ molds and stereotypes. Loved your comment. Have a lovely day. 🙂
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Act your age! Why??
very true, sometimes i feel like i am hundred and sometimes like a teenager. i guess its the thought that count.the image in the end really says it all 🙂
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I refuse the stereotypes that accompany the numbers. 🙂
I try to have a lifestyle that is conducive to good health, a functioning body.
The longer I live, the better, because we all need time to build our soul.
So true. It takes a long time to build our souls – everlasting process.
Ten. Ten is a good age today. Old enough to take responsibility for my son but not too old to have fun with him! 😉
Good one. Love it 🙂
Very intersting
So how old do you choose to be today, Samuel 😉 ?
Having just spent all day yesterday at a conference where maybe 10 percent of the people in the room were older than 50, let alone older than 25 or 30, I felt geriatric (at 56) in their presence. I also was grateful not to be 20-something with tons of student loan debt and a horrible job market offering very few opportunities. I came home grateful to be my age and to have had the career I have already had and enjoyed.
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