Justin JacksonAs a kid, I always assumed that older adults “felt their age.”
Now I’m nearly 43, but in my head I feel about 25.
I’ve learned that I’m not the only one! This phenomenon is called “subjective age.”
How about you? What age do you “feel” you are?
Pascal Laliberté@mijustin I’d say I feel in my late teens still. Early twenties. Constantly in a state of discovering, transitioning and establishing.
Definitely weird! And I’ve felt I’ve wanted to break out of a certain wall associated with that underlying age bracket.
It reminds me about how as a society we’ve discarded of coming-of-age ceremonies, rites of passage (you’re a man now because you survived a solo overnight in the wild). Those were with us for millennia.
@mijustin speaking of which, last year I did just that: a solo overnight in the wild, twice. Seeking that discomfort on purpose with some virile drive to conquer.
I’d say since then I have started “touching” my age.