• jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    You have more in common with people nearing 50 than you might want to believe. The main difference is that they’ve experienced things that you haven’t yet. But you will, sooner than you probably think.

    One thing my dad always said about adulthood was “the days are long but the years are short.” And boy was he right. Now he’s an old man, I’m staring directly ahead at my 40’s, and the list of dead people I used to know continues to increase in number and velocity.

    Sometimes it feels like I was 22 a few years ago but then I blinked and now I’m here.