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Forty was fine. I didn't feel old at all and was in a decent place mentally. I'm now 49, and I have a feeling 50 is going to be somewhat jarring. It just feels undeniably mature.

My bank account and accomplishments say I'm 25. Check & mate.

'Reality hits you hard, bro'

I'm like one of the youngest millenials... Still a long way to go thank you very much!

40? The oldest millenials are turning 45 this year.

3 more months!! I’m excited! Aging is a privilege!

Reminder that your generation contains all the best and worst of humanity, like other generations, and is not a like collective.

I won't be able to handle the embarrassment of being where I am while being 40.

Gen x'er here, weren't y'all like starting things in 1981....wouldn't that make you comingup on a different decade? (I'll take my rotten tomatoes now, high velocity please)

Leading up to my recent 40th, I went on a little tour of contacting people to tie up loose ends/seek closure where it was lacking. It was really helpful, even though at least one person worried I was planning to kill myself.

I'm gen Z and I'm less than two years from thirty. The years do keep coming, and they do not stop.

My father referred to me as 'almost 40' the other day, which I deemed rude so I called him 'almost 60', which he also deemed rude.

Oldest end of gen z, staring down the barrel of 30. Low key excited but still a lot to process lmao

40 has already caught me, but its OK because I still kick ass.

Old meme, already 40.

I was like, why the hell am I chasing millenials

Fist time I got an AARP flyer in the mail I wanted to punch the mailman.

Where is the button in Lemmy for flagging posts as "false and misleading"?

Most of the Millenials I know have even already the scary 50 approaching from behind.

But that's some kind of observation bias, as I am GenX and interestingly know almost no people born between 1990 and 2000.

But I know a bunch of GenZ again who currently look like deer with big, wide open eyes at the approaching headlights of the "30" truck, which imho is much worse than the 40...

Already there, would not recommend. The only prize is unending joint pain.

I remember when I felt invincible, like the world is my oyster. It felt like yesterday. Even though I didn't achieve everything that I hoped, I'm glad I was raised to just enjoy the journey.

Realistically, very little actually happens "fast" in my life. For me, things are more like the concept of punctuated equilibrium. Stretch of sameness, sudden life altering changes coming fast and heavy. Get used to the change. Stretch of sameness for another while. Sudden life altering changes coming fast and heavy again. Reduce. Reuse. Rinse. Recycle. Repeat.

Looking back, those stretches of sameness when life was relatively peaceful, calm, safe, etc tend to melt into each other, mentally compressed, then archived. Those sudden changes grow and balloon, warping my memories of the past, taking over seeming like they just kept coming. To the point where, it's like just yesterday I was starting college.

But then on top of that, life just gets more and more complicated without even necessarily trying. Harder and harder and harder. Best of plans, greatest of hopes. Smashed to pieces. Most of it, I didn't make complicated or intentionally bring upon myself. Much of it, in fact, was unavoidable even if it was predictable. And it keeps coming.

I just turned 41, fuck you for accuracy....

Meanwhile, retirement age is speeding away into the distance...

(but, oh boy, was it fun!)