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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Getting older doesn’t scare me.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2024 source ↗
I am genuinely buzzed about it! I think we just keep getting better, smarter, wiser, truer, happier.
Forgetting the wonderful memories I have got from throughout my life. Three years ago, I was diagnosed with dementia.
I don’t want to get into an early death spiral, when you’re scaling down your life unnecessarily because you’ve already been there or done that. I never want to stop adventuring.
Younger people being amazed that I know what song they’re listening to.
I don’t think I care.
Male, average height.
That rather assumes I have grown up.
That further lessons await.
My local Tesco stopping stocking Häagen-Dazs Peanut Butter Crunch.
Last week – A303 eastbound carriageway closures.
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