Thoughts on Aging Gracefully

Wow what a week. Can we all just take a moment to acknowledge that they officially declared the pandemic “over”?! I personally will still use any excuse to put a mask on now on first sound of a sniffle but that’s because I know it works. Anyways speaking of health I’m writing this as a healthy 35 year old. Tomorrow I’ll be a healthy 36 year old!

As someone who has blogged since college, circa 2006ish, I can say one thing for sure: my voice has remained largely consistent. Sure I’ve gathered life experience and changed world views here and there but overall I write young and honest as ever! And I love that for me. I love reading my past writing relics and seeing myself then and now. And with age comes wisdom, that is for sure. What I am certain of is to age gracefully you gotta learn to let things go. To accept where you are. To embrace the unknown and to keep being curious!

The end of my twenties was a huge fight. A flight to check things off before I turned 30. A fight to get to the invisible stable finish line. And a fight with myself to be honest and see things as they were not as I wanted them to be.

Now as I’m in what I thought would be the most stable decade riding the waves of life I know that no life goal is worth putting that much weight on. It’s better to stay true to doing work you love and letting life surprise you!

So as I say goodbye to 35 and hello to a new chapter I want to remember that this was the age I finally learned to surrender. I hope it leads to me to open beautiful bright new doors and at the very least my wish is for life to unfold as gracefully as my own sensibilities so that I may appreciate its abundance.