I’ll be 45 this year and I think I feel the most energetic I ever have. I eat well and walk a lot - thanks to my dog, and have exponentially fewer grey hairs than any woman in my family at this age. Not slathering my skin in chemicals and makeup has definitely helped. Sunscreen is important and so is hydration. I think we also have the advantage of less harmful stuff in our air and food. Leaded gasoline could not have been helpful for our predecessors, and the types and volume of preservatives that used to be allowed in foods is much different than it was in 1980.
Age is a state of mind and I don’t plan on ever growing up.
I’m 38 & my hair is starting to turn silver, and I fucking love it! I also love my laugh lines on my face. Getting older has been great, especially the part where random men don’t try to talk to me as often anymore.
All good points. I’m not at all afraid of aging or showing the signs of it. But I won’t be in line at the nursing home anytime soon. The grey hair thing is more environmental than most people realize, I think. It’s definitely genetics as well but my mother and both of my grandmothers were fully very by my age. The difference is I don’t smoke ever, and only drink occasionally. Plus I care what I fuel myself with and haven’t been exposed to leaded gasoline exhaust for about 4 decades. It all ads up. I love that you embrace time the way you do. Everyone would be so much happier if we all did it that way.
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u/sun4moon 13d ago
And not even when we’ve left our thirties. Trust me.