• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    19
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 day ago

    I’m inclined to disagree.

    I’m fortunate to have everything I need and a fair bit of what I want. I lost 140 pounds five years ago and my body’s functioning really well too.

    Getting old is way better than I anticipated.

    • VitoRobles
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      22 hours ago

      Same. As I got older, I feel like I am winning. I celebrate 10+ years at my career (jumped three jobs). I no longer drink myself to sleep, instead I drink casually. Im married and secured in my relationship.

      My legs feel a bit weaker and my body isn’t at its peak. But I have a lot of successes in so many other directions.

    • Raltoid@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      24 hours ago

      To be fair, aging tends to involve gathering objects over the years. So unless you hit really hard times, you to end up collecting a lot of what you “need”. Age also makes most people care less what other people think you should have, so you don’t feel that you have to buy many things outside of what you actually want and need.

      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        24 hours ago

        you don’t feel that you have to buy many things outside of what you actually want and need.

        That’s true. Most of my money, now, goes toward buying back my time in the form of saving for retirement. (At least, when I don’t have to help my deadbeat parents in some way.)