Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Hmmmm.... 50

So this is what it feels like to be 50. I would say it's a little anti-climatic, really not much different from being 49, to be honest with you.

Yeah, I turned 50 over the weekend. You know, today's 50 is a lot like last years 50. I don't know but maybe I just built it up to something more than it is. Everyone talks like it is such a big turning point in your life but I was a little under-whelmed by it all. Is it because we expect to live longer than our predecessors? Maybe, but all I would have to make it to is the mid 50's genetically, to out live my immediate predecessors so I'm pretty damn near that now.

I'm a little surprised that I don't feel an urge to outdo some past achievement in some way. Or maybe go explore something I've never explored before. Nope.... I would like to do some of the things I was really planning to do sometime in the near future anyway. Maybe sail across the pacific in a little sailboat, or spend a little more time in the canyon lands of southern Utah, or maybe stand atop another high mountain peak, or maybe...... just continue to do what I have always done.... explore!?

50's not any different than any other age at this point.....

Cheers!!!!

Ron