Is 24 Old?

[RedFox]

Girl you probably aren't even making noise when you bend over yet. When your joints start popping and you start going "urrrgh" when you reach to get something, post this thread plz

Yup^^^ That's when you start feeling old.  I'm feeling you Alaina!

You probably feel old at 24 because you've experienced more life and are feeling more "mature" than your peers.  I felt like that too.  Hormones or body chemistry can also contribute to feeling "worn out and apathetic" about things - hence "I'm old".

I'm so close to 40 I can feel it breathing down my neck (and not in a good way).  Parts of me hurt when I move, but other parts want to roll around in the grass and play with the other kids my age!  I just need to find some grass in this **** desert! 

[Taka]

when i was under 20 i was often taken for being older than i really was. when i got to 23-24 i was mistaken for being younger. now that i'm nearly 27, people suddenly think i'm 18. might be because of my pink/white hair, or simply that i don't bother acting mature anymore.

currently i act out the 17-year-old that i never really got to be. i can remember having the time of my life when i was that age, but only for a couple of weeks, so now i'm just doing all the things i wanted to do then. next thing would be to get a motorcycle, i think...

life starts when you want it to. you may be feeling tired of it right now, but you can start all over again any day as long as you live. change your mind's settings, and restart. also try to wear young clothing, don't get tempted to wear your grandma's dresses unless they actually suit you

[tekla]

When I used to want to bum my students out I'd tell them that their health after 40 depended largely on what they did with their bodies before they were 25.  It's largely a use it or lose it proposition.  People who keep on moving, working out, living a physical based life find that they still have most of that in their mid-50s, and people who don't, start to lose it in their 30s.  Same with mental abilities, and social stuff.  To the degree that you stop learning, stop trying, stop caring, you lose the ability to do so, to the degree that you stop trying new things, listening to new music, making new friends, and start to get stuck in a rut, then all you are doing from that point out is digging it deeper, and there does come a point where it does get hard - if not impossible - to get yourself out.

[kathy bottoms]

Oh to be young and have those kind of worries again.  (I'm 61)   I think it's just another stage of becoming an adult, and it's not aging, but an adult mind that's finally starting to think that way.  Those were confusing but wonderful years for me also.

Kathy