The Uncomfortable Truth of Getting Older: What I’ve Learned
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- The Uncomfortable Truth of Getting Older: What I've Learned
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0:10 When you're 50 you still gonna look good ❤
25 for me was 35 years ago. How the hell did that happen? It's like I blinked and life sped by.
In so many ways I still feel like a young man even though I'm not. But, sometimes my body betrays me. I can't do things as robustly as I once did and that's ok, even though sometimes it feels like it isn't.
And sometimes I get a little shock when I look at myself in the mirror. How I perceive myself in my mind is in conflict with the physical reflection I see in that mirror. Surely I should be seeing a much younger face! Life goes by really fucking fast man. To the best of your ability do the things you want to do, things you're passionate about, things that bring you joy. And keep doing them the best you can for as long as you can. Life is a beautiful thing.
The older I get the more I come to understand that old cliche that says, "youth is wasted on the young." You just have to get older to really feel and understand what that means.
And your grandmother is right. Getting old beats the hell out of the alternative!
i just turned 29 and that feeling you described just got worse with the years. now i am trying to make my peace with the fact that life is limited and that i wont be here forever. but i can try and make my best with what i have. there is so much pressure to "make it" in your 20s and travel, party, have 100 friends, have a stellar career, start a family etc, but lets be real... most of us are broke and we are just trying to survive and figure stuff out. that is normal! and i think that is what the 20s should be about. there is no "prime" of your life. you can be happy, unhappy, healthy, unhealthy, sucessful, unsucessful etc at every age because life is never stagnant. and that is what makes it exciting and beautiful.
Love this comment! Made me laugh because it's so true! And it gave me perspective, thanks! ☺
@@Lynneverly i am glad! we are just all in this together, feeling the same things. and it will turn out alright :)
What your intuition tells you at 2:01 is true: you will never die because you are consciousness in which the dream of life appears. We all make the same mistake while dreaming: we identify with the seemingly separate person. Each time it takes awakening to (be able to) realize that any separation was (and is) an illusion. Dreams appear in consciousness, are experienced by consciousness and consist of consciousness. You are consciousness (simply because consciousness is all there is, as in any dream) and you are never ever what appears in it nor what is experienced by it.
I'm 29, turning 30 this year.
If life has taught me anything it's that life gets better with age.
Whether or not things go the way you want or expect, your overall quality of life will go up.
Simply because of the lessons you learn and wisdom you gain, as well as the power you have to choose to do the things you want.
Side note: don't even begin with the thinking that people in their 50s, 60s, or anyone at any age has everything figured out.
We're all trying to make sense of it too. :)
Lastly, people have value to offer at all ages, you will never reach a point where you are "worthy".
Because you already are.
Wise words! ;)
Turning 20 soon and I already feel the rain hanging, all the people that are going to say: Your just 20, you have your whole life ahead of you. It's almost strange that its one fifth of a century and probably around a quarter of the time I have on this earth and it made me realize I have to go outside way more and go on more adventures. Also I'm the same person that earlier said to go to Norway, I just switched accounts to get rid of all the mind numbing content that's attached to that account because I want to get a clean slate for social media. Anyways, it's just how you said it: it isn't scary to die, but it is scary to die without having lived your life to the fullest. Keep going on this youtube journey and keep inspiring/telling your story.
Thanks for your comment once again :). It's definitely good to realise you don't have all the time in the world. You realised that as a 19 year old, which is great! Good luck with your own journey!
its the cycle of life you can either accept or dont accept it
ohh, I'm the youngest guy in the comment section, hell yeah!
So question to everyone how does this feel being old
We all are not getting older but more experienced day by day ! And more clear for our decisions what and how we want to do the things. Enjoy this. Don't mind any anti-age-cosmetics-ads and any similar stuff saying getting older is a bad thing. (I was 25 ..29 years ago LOL)
Well said! :)
Turning 25 myself soon, I totally feel you! Which is actually a bit weird, as I wasn't that scared of death when I was younger 🤔
But there's so much too do, so many places to see and most importantly: So many people to get to know.
I guess we will have to live with the idea that we won't be able to experience everything.
Have you made a ranked list / plan of things you want to do?
Great video, keep it up!
Thank you! ☺I guess we both have FOMO then ;). And I definitely have a lot goals and plans for the future. I guess time will tell how many things i will cross of that list.
There is not one "prime time." It might be your prime physically, but mentally you're going to keep growing for 40 years or more. You're going to enjoy that growth no matter what the rest of your life looks like, especially with your well developed brains and broad interest. So try not to worry too much. Getting older is not as scary as it seems. 🙂
I agree, every age probably has it's pros and cons :)
I'm a 24 year old guy and i feel exactly the same as you are 😅
This was great you deserve more views!!
Thanks! Glad you liked it! 😊
Nice video. Reminds me of how I constantly wish I could restart my life so I could make it better and do some of the thing's I regret yet I know I got nothing but the next moment ahead of me. Hope that made sense.
Thanks! It makes sense. But focusing on the present moment and working towards my goals always helps me to live without too many regrets. At the end of the day, we can't go back in time but we can learn from our past experiences :)
So tell me I'm 22 what should do ?
It's tough being in your twenties because you want to do all these things but (at least in my experience) you don't make enough money to do them.
I definitely encourage you to try to make at least some of your travel dreams happen in your twenties even if you have to do it low-budget. Really roughing it on travel, long days of hiking, carrying around a heavy backpack, sleeping in crappy beds, is something I did in my twenties and I'm so glad I did because my body hates that more and more as I get older. In my thirties I can afford to pay for hotels with nicer beds and things like that, and that's good because now my skeleton punishes me for doing stupid things haha.
Yeah not having a lot of money in your twenties is definitely a thing haha. But those kind of experiences where you travel on a budget can also be very valuable :)
It's perfectly normal when you don't have enough money when you're in your 20's, and most young people should stop with watching mtv and reality shows,
because only 1% will get to live the life of the rich and famous, so young people should lower their standards alright and be happy with a nice home and 2 normal cars
and a yearly vacation to the tropics and raising 2 kids, because that's all you going to get in life with a normal but good job.
Want more? Then you sure must become a surgean or a lawyer, and the you can affort a bigger house and bigger car, and when you want a 10 bedroom mansion
and 10 ferrari's in the garage, then you must become a millionare, and most of us won't make it that big, so the young should stop dreaming and come back to reality
and be more happy with a normal lifestyle.
#YOLO
(sorry)
😂
what about your decision to spend so much time on making videos? Creating a video for youtube as an experience I can imagine. But putting so much time in like you do?? why on earth would you waste your time on creating CZcams videos and then come back to read the comments and if they like it/you or not?
25... Imagine being 32 🥲, i wish i was back at your age again haha
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32 ... Imagine being 58 🥲, i wish i was back at your age again haha
Oh wait, I see a pattern 🙂, well, for me the fun bit is that I cycled 240 km for fun last week, something I could / would not do at age 32 and I now regret not doing ... remember that
@@CanyonWandererI'm in between (46) and would NOT want to be 25 anymore. Sure, physically maybe, but I wouldn't want to lose the knowledge I obtained in the past 20 years.