Four Zero

Having a wee bit of a birthday today. In fact it is one of the big ones. This one starts in 4 and ends in 0.

I am not sure how I feel about turning 40. It has been one of those milestones that I have been not particularly looking forward to, but for no real reason. There are obviously plenty of people around who are older and lots of them are more active, stronger, faster and fitter than me. And in my work place many of my peers are older than me, to the point that I am considered to be pretty young. However, despite all that, I guess I have associated 40 with officially being 'older'.

Now that I have hit that milestone, do I feel any older? Of course not, I feel the same today as I did yesterday and as I will presumably feel tomorrow. It is true that bits of me feel sorer than they used to (looking at you knees) and I probably don't bounce out of bed like I used to, but that has been the accumulation of years, rather than something that occurred this morning.

Beyond how I feel physically, I am not sure how I feel personally about getting 'older'. I guess that coming to terms with getting older is something that we all go through and no doubt I will go through that as well. However, for now, I am planning to live by that old adage that you are only as old as you feel. I might be officially 'older' but I am not sure that is how I am feeling quiet yet.