How old are you and how old do you feel?

So today I'm turning 30 and even though everybody around me is making a big deal out of it like I'm supposed to dramatically change from the person I was yesterday into someone completely different because I've reached "the big 30", I don't feel any different and I really don't care.

I know quite a few people who say they feel differently every year but I've always felt differently in bursts. First when I reached my teenage years, then when I left my teenage years (hurray!) and started being treated as an adult, but after that I've pretty much been me and don't really "feel 30". If also depends on what I'm doing...If I'm doing sports I feel 20, if I'm paying bills or filling the IRS papers I feel 50, if I'm playing with my nephews and nieces, running around, playing catch I feel 8 =p

How about you, how many springs (or whatever your favourite season is) have you been around and how old do you feel? Curious to know if everybody around here feels exactly as old as they are.

Happy birthday Korvus-man!

I'm turning 22 this March. That's pretty much how old I feel I guess. Still going to college and living with my parents so I expect a difference when I make the next step and get a job, own house etc. But really age is just a number(except for the obvious leap from teenager to adult).

Happy Birthday Korvus. I'm 29 and my Birthday is in May. I do kinda feel my age has catch up to me so to speak.

@johnd13: Thank you =) It was actually quite a big surprise when I first moved out on my own and felt no different (glad to be rid of my parents but as a person I felt no change), then even more surprised when I got married and again, even though it made me really happy, no change as a person. The last one was probably due to the fact that I was already living together with my wife for 2 years before we got married, ever since I had left Portugal, and that yes, was a big change to the way I saw myself, others and the way I lived my life. Moving to a different country was probably one of the biggest impacts I've felt in my life so far.

@davillain-: You'll turn 30 soon and then your life will be completely different...or so I keep being told =P

Happy birdthday!

My birthday is in a week. I've been around for 22 winters.

I feel I'm ready to die already.

Happy birthday Pedro.

Happy birthday Korvus.

I bought you a nifty present also :

BTW you again gave up your mod ship Mr Korvus ? :)

I'm 43 and I'm feeling very horny

@alim298: Thank you =D And don't feel that way, there are lots of things to live for; you just have to find the ones that make you tick.

@elkoldo: Thank you Erfan ^_^

@indzman: That's a really yummy-looking cake, thanks for making me hungry =P And no, my badge is right here, can't you see it?

@sukraj: I'm afraid I can't help you there =P

No :(

BUT i can see your badge in other threads you posted, what did you do to me ? :( =P

@indzman: Moderator mind tricks. These are not the droid you are looking for.

:(

Proof

I am 21 but i look like i am 45 and feel like 80.

34 here. Having 2 kids, they wear me down and I feel like I'm 60 some days.....like this morning; I'm dead tired and just want to sleep at my desk here at work.

I'm 17. I feel..... 17?

I am 23 and I look like I am in my 40's. People older than me respect me as their elder. lol :(

I will be 66 in June and looking forward to retirement. I remember the person I was when I was young, and some days (and in some ways) I'm STILL that person. Most days I feel pretty good. I look like I'm in my 50s. That's fine but I don't try to hide my age. I've earned my years.

Happy Birthday Korvus. I hope you enjoy it.

I just turned 28.

My body feels a little into my 30's and my mind, while it has matured intellectually and emotionally, is still trapped in childhood and adolescence. I hang onto that "innocence" as much as possible these days. Finding joy in simple things and trying my damnedest not to let stress overtake my life.

Currently 23, wish I was 17-19 again.

I don't know if I act my age? I suppose it changes every day. When I'm working, I feel like what I'd imagine a 30 year old professional would feel like. At home sometimes I revert back to 13 year old on the computer and hide away in my room. Out being social is probably where I feel the most appropriately 23, as far as being with friends and having fun.

Don't think I've ever felt mismatched with my age because I never associated behavior with age.

Thanks for the heartwarming reply. I will remember what you said and try to recommit myself to my once cherished goals. Maybe it's because I started dreaming big at such a young age. I was 14 years old when it all started. Before that I did only what others did. I wasn't an influential person or a knowledgeable one or anything. But I managed to become one at some some point before my 20s. It was good until I turned 20. That's when I turned into the cynic that I am now. People may look at my life and then tell me that I've accomplished some exceptional goals but when I look at other people who are of the same age as me I feel that it's no longer worth trying. That this is the real world and people who are less talented but more hardworking always get ahead of you. And people who are already talented will always be ahead of you anyways. So you will always fall back. Some told me that I should not compare myself to others and that the important thing is self-growth. I can't accept that either. I want results I don't want self-competence. But then again either way I'm being selfish so what's the point? Just let everything be. I no longer desire what others desire. They're only fooling themselves. They're just trying to survive they're not trying to be great. But still they are ahead of me. I on the other hand don't want to just survive I want to be great but that's not possible. I am not powerful enough to be great. I will remain a survivor and nothing pains me more. However there are certain things (or rather say a certain thing) that I'm willing to sacrifice my entire lifetime for even if it's going to be in vain. You reminded me of that and for that I thank you.

Am 17 and I feel 17 I guess

I'm 22 and feel the same.

I'm turning 22 in early June, I guess I feel about my age.

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@indzman said:

Happy birthday Korvus.

I bought you a nifty present also :

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Very funny vid Heh

I'm 37 and I feel much younger. I eat healthy 90% of the time train 5 days a week for the last 19 years... and I have a 26 year old girl so things are quite good these days....

just turned 36 but could pass for late 20's still :) i definitely do not feel that old. probably because i do not have any kids so each passing year was pretty much the same as the previous, nothing to note passage of time. i was thinking the other day though that shit that happened in high school was 20 years ago now... that made me feel old :)

oh. and happy birthday

I'm 20 but I still feel 18. It's no major difference, I know, but I kind of have a hard time accepting it, like I don't believe it when I tell myself in my head that I'm 20.

Age is nothing more then a number brother. I am older then most, but get along and hang with a younger crowd most times. It seems my mind matches the younger generation in my fam. Plus i don't look my age. The only time i feel my age is when someone asks. So don't ask, lol ..

Happy Birthday Korvus gamer dude !

Just turned 24 a little over two months ago. I feel very mature for my age. I don't know if I feel any different than my current age, sometimes I do feel mature for my age and feel like 30's/40's responsible adult already.

24 going onto 25. In pretty decent shape (would be better if I could quit cigs) and I'm mistaken by a lot of folks to be 21-22. Mentally, I'd say I'm your average 24 y/o and I'm super OK with that.

Going to turn 21 this August, I literally feel like I'm in my 30's most of the time.

Oh and happy birthday!

Happy birthday

and here something to remember when you're thirty something, because thirty something will be the time of a new era, trust me, I'm 37 and thirthy something simply means.

No time for bs, you'll learn to stop wasting your time with things you don't care for and that's because

The time is now.

To quote the Klumps:

Anna: They say, you're as old as you feel

Kletus: Then I must be a hundred and ninety-seven

Nah, I'm 24 and I guess I feel 24.

@korvus: Good God, you're o...only 30! >.>

Were you expecting to wake up and be a totally different person? =P

Psychologically speaking, from a development point of view, you've passed the recently added "emerging adulthood" phase of life, proposed by Jeffery Arnett in 2000, which spans the years 18-25, and serves as something of a transition phase between adolescence and full adulthood.

It might be that 30, is considered by many to be the first milestone in the journey that spans full adulthood, (i.e. making it to such a point is an accomplishment in and of itself). While there are many milestones on the way to 30, a variety are religious or cultural in nature, and 30 itself is a more universal milestone.

29. Feel like I'm 20. Look like I'm 22.

Happy Birthday!

I am 25. I feel young and I am learning something new everyday. Life is awesome.

25 will be 26 in february but I feel awesome. I stopped caring about pointless stuff and life has been fun.

Oh yes, forgot to mention in my last post, happy Birthday. Since a cake pic has already been posted. Cake does not feel complete without

ice cream.

And

pizza.

I'm 26. I feel a lot younger than I am. I look a lot younger as well.

I wish I was still a child though. I don't like driving, working, or anything else that comes with being an adult.

At least I have an easy job. I still live with my parents and don't see myself moving out anytime soon. I may never move out.

you should be going out and party,

time enough to be lazy when you're older

Stop posting food pictures, i quit smoking 2 months ago and i'm hungry

I turn 25 this summer. I do very much wish I was back in college. Oooo those were easier days.

21. I still feel like a teenager if truth be told.

I'm 28 but physically I feel 20 , I exercise regular and play sports a lot and can outperform a lot of 20 year olds for speed stamina and power.

Turning 29. Feel younger mentally and am often guessed to look a few years younger than I am (always a good sign when sporting the full beard).

Am pretty horrible to my lower back though... but that's my own fault really.

19 and I feel my age. At this age I suppose the biggest factor to take into account would be emotional intelect and maturity... I feel like I'm in the right place for a college student