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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Not being flexible enough to dance freely.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2025 source ↗
That I didn’t appreciate the smaller joys in life.
Pain and loneliness.
A receding hairline.
Getting even older.
Probably watching some poor abandoned cat or dog being nursed back to life by a stranger on YouTube.
Like everything is in high definition, and life is on your side.
Optimistic, creative, resilient.
I’m quite scared of bats. I’m just seeing rats with wings – no, thanks.
Anyone whose party I said I’d go to and didn’t turn up. I can get quite socially anxious at times.
Lack of confidence masquerading as perfectionism.
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