Today, I'm celebrating my 45th birthday. I've received lovely presents from my loved ones (which I had ordered myself 🤣) and the preparations for the visit later this afternoon are done.
That gives me a bit of time to share some reflections with you about age.

Old people

When I was young (read: under 20), people over 40 seemed very old. Like dinosaurs. I used to call them wrinklesaurusses 😀
And now, on my way towards 50 years on this planet, I actually don't feel that old at all.
I sometimes wonder if it is because people nowadays are getting older and look and act younger or that it maybe is just me.
It is true that the given life expectancy of people has increased in the past decades. People often stay fit for a longer time.

But maybe it also is something personal. I like to stay fit and I also like to keep doing fun things. I think it keeps me 'young'. But maybe others would call it childish 🤣
When we plan a family activity with kids, I almost always want to join them. And they want me to join them too. Last year during our holiday we went to an abstacle course in a lake. And see this big kid (me) jumping from this tower into the water.

When I was young my parents never did things like that. We did do activities like that, but they always were sitting on the side, drinking their coffee. It is not a judgement by the way. I really enjoyed the fact that I could do these things. Only I'm doing it a bit different now.

Another generation

At first I also thought it could be a generational thing. That it wasn't normal to do these kind of things. But also nowadays I often see parents that are way younger than me, not doing these kinds of things.
Yes, there are some people that have injuries or are, to say it nicely, are less athletic, but that is not always the case.
I'm happy that I am fit enough to keep doing these these things with my kids. And... that they like it that I do these things, because that could also be a reason for parents not to join.

What about you?

I wonder how you think about this subject. Do you think I'm a big kid 😀
How do you think about age? And do you see a difference between generations?

I hope I can stay fit for a while so I can keep doing these activities with my kids and make memories together.

Thanks for reading my blog!
Looking forward to your reactions.

I'm going to grab a piece of cake now!

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