I just turned 40 over the weekend, and it’s a little bit surreal in some ways, because it feels like a major milestone, while at the same time not necessarily being a major milestone. Yay! I survived until I turned 40. You know, turning 30 kind of felt like a milestone in a way of like accomplishment. But I think really what happened is that, Well, let’s just say in between the ages of 20 to 30 felt much less like an awakening experience in the ages of 30 to 40. And I don’t know if you would call that awakening so much as maybe just pure wisdom. It is interesting, though, and maybe it has something to do with having children early in life, which I don’t know if I’d necessarily recommend-I do and I don’t.
It’s nice to be able to run around with kids when they’re small and young. And you feel great. To be fair. I’m 40 and I don’t feel any different. And I still work out with, you know, high schoolers and practice and stuff like that. Not because I want to feel young, because I want to help coach kids, blah, blah, blah. There’s a different aspect to that. But anyway, regardless, if you were to tell me I have a small child now, I mean, I’d probably be able to run around with it, but, I know people who would. Let’s just put it that way. It’s life. It’s a little differently, I guess, when you’re 40. I definitely do feel like a little bit longer in my not response times, but healing times. A little bit longer in certain aspects. But again, I think that’s to be expected when you turn, you know, at least 40. One thing that kind of blew my mind was that, Viggo Mortensen was 44 when he did Lord of the Rings back in 2003, and that’s pretty impressive. It’s pretty impressive. So, you know, I guess there’s that to think about. But getting back to the kids thing. I don’t know if I would have this much wisdom without the kids in the sense too, because my child is a teenager now. Dealing with these problems in some ways feels like it ages you. But in another way, it feels like again, it gives you that wisdom to deal with it. You don’t really know unless you’re a parent. I hate saying that. Like a stupid way, like wink wink. It’s a frustrating. I was probably a frustrating kid. I’m sure my parents would be like, no, you’re great, you know? Whatever. But sure, I was frustrated in certain ways, just like my daughter’s frustrated. So, hey, but now I feel like I have wisdom. And you know, also that I’m somewhat young enough to do something about it. And with it, I mean, I have another, let’s just say 40 years. So it’s kind of like halfway point in my life, 20 years for my middle age and then 20 years from my twilight age. Go figure. I also have the ability to kind of feel like I don’t give a shit anymore, which is nice because not giving a shit anymore is very pleasant, very safe and secure. In my marriage, my being, my emotions. There’s not much that’s really going to bother me. Maybe financial issues, but I guess everybody worries about those. Maybe the economy. Oh that’s right, I’ve been doing a podcast all by myself as part of the Not How It’s Done network called Rage. That’s where I get all my political stuff out. Anyway, if you want to hear it, check that out.