Can life actually get better - NOT worse - as you age?

[Someone here]

@OBEler I've honestly stopped being happy since  the day I became an adult (not literally).  Happiness is when you are a child .childhood is paradise .look at those angels called children..they are happy for no reason. Old people (like 60-80) can't even sleep. My grandma considers sleeping for 3 hours straight an achievement. Let's be real for a moment please .

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[Natasha Tori Maru]

@Someone here It could simply be that as you grew out of childhood you developed expectations and had expectations projected onto you.

I think in regard to aging up, you have a point touching on the complexity: we seem to trade one set of problems for another. We are less able, but more secure. Know what we want 'clarity', but don't always have the energy to pursue it. Master various parts of the world, but loose openness to knowing. Retire and have more free time: but with a body so broken we cannot enjoy it. Value others more as our social circle shrinks: only to have them die on you or battle debilitating illness. 'Youth is wasted on the young'

My advice to you is you cannot possibly conceptualize or try to imagine how you will experience aging. Just like you cannot conceptualize enlightenment. It's another one of those 'experiences'. I look back at my 30 year old self and almost pity her narrow scope of understanding. And knowing how ignorant I was makes me even more aware of how ignorant I am, now.

[Xonas Pitfall]

When would you say you noticed your energy and health depleting?

[Natasha Tori Maru]

40 minutes ago, Xonas Pitfall said:

When would you say you noticed your energy and health depleting?

I haven't noticed a lot so far. That being said I really take care of myself and respect my body more than most. 

What I have noticed is my recovery is longer - so things like hard weights, sprinting etc I need more time to recover. Shit like drinking and having less than 8 hours of sleep hit a bit different near 40. I am blessed with no injury or physical limitations.

I haven't experienced any cognitive changes yet. I never crash or slump. No brain fog unless I eat something I cannot digest 

[UnbornTao]

Another perspective is that life isn't going anywhere, even as circumstances change. 

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