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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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That I didn’t appreciate the smaller joys in life.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗
Getting older doesn’t scare me.
I don’t want to get into an early death spiral, when you’re scaling down your life unnecessarily because you’ve already been there or done that. I never want to stop adventuring.
Having regrets and not knowing what to do about them.
Becoming doubly incontinent.
Analytical, extreme and playful.
Happy Day by Sarkodie. I’m half Ghanaian, and in Ghana funerals really are a celebration of life. You dance and sing; it’s just a completely different vibe to over here in the UK. I would hope at my funeral that everyone’s on their feet, having a good time.
If I bothered to read instructions.
An air traffic controller.
I think that we dissolve into the soil and new things sprout from that.
Oversharing my personal life, but here we are, oversharing!
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