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What worries you about getting older?
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Pain and loneliness.
Not feeling old but everyone treating you that way.
The inability to do things for myself.
Losing my mind.
Nothing. I love getting old – I love the freedom it allows you.
Instead of saying, “I tripped up”, you have to use the words, “I had a fall.”
Losing the people that I love.
Not knowing who my family are.
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.
Nothing. I’m curious how things will evolve.
Running out of time.
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