When you were younger, perhaps a teen or in your 20s, someone may have reminded you to “act your age.” But now this suggestion takes on a whole new meaning.
Once we move into our late 50s and 60s (and beyond), it is true we are moving forward toward the elder years, but we don’t necessarily have to act (or look) like we are “old.”
I have noticed in myself and others certain traits or characteristics that we may have always displayed, changing with age. These same personality and temperament inclinations are beginning to be greatly exaggerated and are indicators we are, in fact, feeling and acting “old.”
Once we move into our late 50s and 60s (and beyond), it is true we are moving forward toward the elder years, but we don’t necessarily have to act (or look) like we are “old.”
I have noticed in myself and others certain traits or characteristics that we may have always displayed, changing with age. These same personality and temperament inclinations are beginning to be greatly exaggerated and are indicators we are, in fact, feeling and acting “old.”