For you, was it harder, turning 30, 40, 50, or ancient ;-)?

You don’t look it. At all. Just for the record, I had no idea.

I haven’t hit any of them, yet, but 30 is creeping closer and closer and I don’t like it. That’s all I have to say about that. I don’t like it!

Ancient was the toughest!

For some reason, turning 30 was a nonevent, but I had a hard time with 31. Turning 40 was fine. I’ve still got a few years before I hit 50.

If you drink enough and wish really, really hard, why, none of them hurt at all.

the hangovers on the other hand . . .

Twenty: was cool.
Thirty: was lame.
At forty: life begun.
Fifty: i’ll tell you in six years and three weeks.

Turning 30 was a blast, one of my best birthday parties too.
Turning 40 felt like a gray zone, nothing sad but nothing exciting either. At 38 I had just come into the feeling of being “adult” and wasn’t quite sure what I was supposed to do with myself, how to present, silly stuff.

My advice is to gather with friends and have a party or adventure.

30. Hardly noticed.
40…kicked my ASS! Ended up waking up and divorcing my husband of 20+ years…it was GREAT! A long time in coming! lol

50..( I am 51 now ) a non-issue, cuz I am still so HAPPY to be free and unencumbered by relationship!

40 is often a jumping off place, not unusual to contemplate and make some really BIG changes in your life.

You only live once, don’t waste it being stuck in a wasteland. hahaha

Each age has it’s ups and downs and lawd knows I fought a good uphill battle on each and every one. But let me tell you, this getting ancient is trying to kick ass and I’m fighting back with all that I have…According to my checklist: skin still smooth and wrinkle free (but I’m spending way to much on moisturizers), hair dyed brown (to please hubby), weight is not so bad but could be better; mind still good (when I can find it). Yep, ancient is going to be a helluva…..

31 was my hardest bday yet as it hit home it was time to get serious about what I was doing. As far as favorite bdays my 50th last year was very memorable. ;)

Ancient…well…it’ll be an adventure for sure!
A good friends folks are 89 and 91 respectively…they are still the life of the party, hip replacements, knee replacements, but..that Ancient age is still served up on the rocks every night at 5 pm sharp!

You can’t keep those country clubber partying 1960’s gang down for long. lol

40 was a breeze for me, 30 though was a whole different story, I put too much to do’s on me to do by 30 and I was no where near where I wanted to be so I decided to just let it all go and boy did that make turning 40 easy. I didn’t worry about a thing, my whole 29 year I wasted worrying about what I didn’t do and in the end where did it get me no where but sad in the end. But one thing it did do, help me shed the worrying about getting older issue. Age is just a number and I am going to just keep getting older and as long as I am happy that is all that matters in the end.

@creative1

Wise words indeed. I tell you, being HAPPY is the BEST path to longevity.

Oh! And just remember when celebrating those birthdays:
As we grow older we often find
that it is often better
to light one small candle…
...than to be seen in fluorescent lighting.

@AmWiser

Oh yes, it is ALL about the lighting these days, and, never, NEVER, look down into a mirror in your lap. lol

@Coloma LOL! yess…scary!

I have no memories of my “milestone” birthdays (16, 20, 21, 30). I suppose that means they were uneventful and I barely noticed them.

I’m up on 40 this year, and I’m already feeling the weight of it 5 months away.

frankly, I’ll be disapounted if there’s not some major upheaval this year.

@Cruiser Would never have guessed you were 50 you wear it well ;)

Happy (almost) Birthday! :D

I’m turning 20 this year, so we’ll see how I feel about that… :P

Every year, I measure myself against my whole life expectancy and am comforted because I could still convince myself that I had more than half my life left. I’ll be turning 55 in a couple on months. It’s kind of hard to make myself believe that now. So I remind myself that when I’m dead, I won’t know I’m dead. I won’t know I’m not alive. Every day I wake up is a good day!

I’m 35 and wonder what it will be like to be 80.

I do not think of the coming years as something to dread, but rather that I am amazed that I am still her and in good health.

30 was not a bad age for me. The same applies to 40. When I turned 50, my son remided me that 50 was one half of 100. This also did not bother me. But, when I turned 60, everyone on the planet appeared to be young, really young. I have accepted this change in my life and I am wondering what 70 will do to me.

A persons age is mind-related. I have always felt that a person is as young as hey fill.

My grey hair has totally taken over the black hair, i use to have on my head. My wife says my grey hair looks great. I think grey hair is ugly.

At 47, neither 30 or 40 worried me, and I’m sure 50 won’t either. You can’t do anything about it, so why worry?

Ancient is a problem. I still want to take the stairs 2 at a time but can’t. I can’t dance anymore because I lost the ability to spot and my balance can’t be counted on. I’m still enjoying most of my favorite things; my singing voice is still strong. And I still haven’t the time to do the things I saved to do when I got old, like take watercolor lessons, or learn another language. Maybe when I get really old. Ha.

Happy birthday @Jude!

I had a rough time with 28, for some reason. I think it was because 27 felt like halfway between 25 and 30. 30 was kinda tough, but 31 is looming next week and I’m not feeling happy about it :(

Turning 30 was a doozy. I was an emotional wreck, life as I knew it was off kilter. I was still single and paranoid worried that things were not working out for me. Financially I was in a rut and I had no real support system. I am still in my 30’s trying to decipher and compartment the things of importance to ME not other people. I spent all my 20’s pleasing people and when 30 hit I realized how damaging it was to my own self worth and thinking. Its still taking time but i’m gaining momentum everyday.

@sweetbee

Good for you! Yep, that ‘people pleasing’ is part of some really warped programming, awesome that you have the insight and ability to see through the ‘lie.’

I always say that learning is easy, it is the ‘un-learning’ that takes work. lol

The unexamined life ( self ) is not worth living! Cheers!

For me the worst one was 43. I was close to suicidal at that point. Now I know I’m actually getting to where I want to be, birthdays don’t scare me so much.