No matter what language, writing it out in English, or numerically seeing my age it's all the same! I am officially 28 years old. I am definitely not in any type of late twenties crisis, or depressed about becoming twenty eight it is that I just can't wrap my head around how OLD it sounds to younger folks! For instance, when I was younger (16 to about 23) someone who was 28 was like a dinosaur. Hey, I know it sounds mean but in all honesty that is what I thought: "once you hit over 23 yrs old in age you're really really old". The more and more I say "i'm 28", it still always sounds old, even though I know it's not old to most out there it still seems old to me!
Looking back at the last 5 years since turning twenty three there has been so much change and growth happening in my life. So much wisdom has been gained and that is one of the best things that comes with age and age alone. To be book smart is not the same as being wise or full of wisdom and each year is full of new beginnings and challenges to face and that is something that will never change. Life will not stop even if I order it to just as twenty eight still sound old and I guess that will have to be OK! "My name is Shannon and I am 28 years old" (even thought I know I can still pass for 24!)
I am the type of person that likes to have little saying that put a 'bad' situation into a good light. Here are some of my new sayings:
- "Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional"
- "You are only as old as you feel" (gotta be careful with this one! on certain days you could be older than you actually are!)
- "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
- "Thirty is the new twenty"
- "There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you."
- "Old age is always 15 years older than I am now"
- "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."
