40 thoughts you never had before turning 40
Twenty-one years, you would be seriously disappointed.
When people talk about how life changes after reaching 40, they tend to focus on physics. They will warn you of pain and pain, the way your body does not cooperate as easily as during your youngest days and the horrors of hair discovery growing in all bad places.
But people rarely talk about changes that occur in your head. At age 40, you start having thoughts that never had you ever had, things that would have seemed like a mad discussion a decade ago a decade ago. The internal monologue that would make a 20-year tremor for fear and shout: "I hear demon voices in my head" is only business as usual for one of 40 years. Need proof? Just take a look at these lines of thought, which probably cross your mind on the REG - and never done in past decades. And for a more hilarious overview on the constant game of aging, see the40 facts that will make you totally psychised to transform 40.
1 "Music is not as cool as it was."
You know in your heart that this is probably not true, but it is easier to reject everything to admit that we have reached an age when modern music looks like an acute noise band to our ears.
2 "I toned you the lawn and briefly released the pajamas this weekend. Yes, Mission accomplished."
If that's all you need a weekend and the idea of doing something else seems too exhausting, then congratulations, you will officially become an average age time.
3 "You know what's weird? I do not think I have done something deeply stupid or embarrassing at least five years."
Congratulations, you finally reached an age where you are rarely, if ever, wake up the next morning and think about it: "Uh, what did I do last night?"
4 "I think maybe my parents are reallyto do know what they are talking about. "
It takes a certain level of maturity to accept that Cher Ole mom and dad are not so fake of everything in the world after all. And for a more severe wisdom of pop, do not missThe most useful lessons we have learned from our fathers.
5 "Of course, I have a gray in my hair. Who worries?"
What a sweet relief to stop worrying about so many things that do not really count. And if you want to deploy your mane to return to the clock, learn the15 best haircuts to look instantly younger.
6 "Okay, I'm joking. I make my hair panic! Do I look old? I look old. You would tell me the truth, is not it?!"
Hey, nobody said that more and more elderly was not going to be a bumpy ride. It's good to succumb to an age age anxiety from time to time. And for more advice on the turnaround of the clock, see the50 best anti-aging tips for men.
7 "Wait, my phone can doWhat? "
It happens for a moment in every person's life when they realize that technology has officially got too far from them. It stops being "it's so cool" and turning "I'm so confused, can anyone explain to me that?" For example: these20 things you did not know that your smartphone could do.
8 "There is no way she is twenty years old. She looks like her six."
It's not just she. Everyone under 30 people now seems pretty young to be in primary school. Do not worry about fighting it, it's just your asymmetrical perspective now.
9 "I do not know a single artist in the top 40 and I'm fine with that."
You no longer need to pretend to know where you do not worry about making the shot archives you do not listen anyway. Your days to say "Oh, yes, I love this song" are officially finished.
10 "Forty is the new twenty."
It's really not, but if it makes you feel better, all of this keeps feeling that.
11 "Is it time to plan my next colonoscopy?"
Ah, you finally reached this magic time in a person's life where to have invasive investigations become a regular part of your medical routine.
12 "I do not have the time or energy to be aware of yourself."
And unlike the 20 years who claim to not worry about what everyone (literallyEverybody) think you really want to say it.
13 "Have you turned off the lights of the kitchen? We should go back and make sure the lights are in the kitchen."
What concerns people over 40 that they can not stop worrying about whether every bulb of the house costs them valuable cents in unnecessary electricity bills?
14 "I remember where I was when this episode ofBreastfield first broadcast. "
Breastfield is for people in the forties of what the landing of the moon was towards the boomers. You do not remember all the lines of the episode "Nazi Soup", you remember what you wore when you saw it and what you had for dinner that night. (No soup, we bet.)
15 "If I'm cardy, buy alcohol, it's going to do my week."
The crazy part is, you are not even a joke.
16 "A decade is not really long. »
When you were a child, been used to feel like it lasted an eternity. In your 20 years, one year could also have been a lifetime. But at your age, time has a way to get around absurdly fast. In the blink of an eye, you are 50 years old and you are like, "Wait, Whoa, Whoa, do not be 40 years old, I just a second there is? »
17 "Jennifer Lopez is almost 50 and Lil Wayne is in his 30s. You tell me who looks better! »
One could explain the difference between the exercise of all day, every day, and to do anything that Lil Wayne does with his free time, but the logic would be lost over 40 years who just does not want to age.
18 "Let's discuss politics. Please. »
If only we realized earlier than starting a conversation with "who are you voting for? Well just finish everyone for everyone.
19 "Youth is wasted on young people. »
It's a cliché, but it's also a little true. For the first time in your life, you realize how true.
20 "I should feel more like an adult, but I really do not know. »
You spend the first four decades of your active life towards the kind of adult that looks like and acts as he knows. But as you get older, nothing becomes easier, and you always feel like a child masquerading as an adult. Are you seriously in charge of things now? How Diable did it happen?
21 "I could eat, but there will be unpleasant consequences seriously tomorrow. »
You are finally able to look at something delicious and recognize that long after the flavors have left my mouth, your intestines will say, "Seriously, guy? Ok, no matter, let's get ready in Rumbbbbbbbbbble! And for more ways to maximize your diet, see the40 cardiac foods to eat after 40 years.
22 "The concert goesstartat 11 pm? Uh, yeah, I'll go through ".
And you know what? He will not be the failed concert that haunts you for the rest of your life. Sometimes, wake up without looking as you spent the night in a bus terminal is the largest reward of life.
23 "I play thatCharlie Brown Christmas save all the time. Even when it is not even remotely near the holidays. Yes, I play in August. Do you have a problem with it? "
We do not know exactly why, but there is something in these beautifully tearful melodies that feels so good about every day of the year. Maybe just one average age thing.
24 "I saw this thing on Facebook, it was so funny! »
If a funny meme is shared on Facebook and there is not a 40-year-old person for "like" he, is he never really existed?
25 "Wait, [Exposure name / beloved video recording / TV] is outthirty years ago? No! I refuse to accept that!
Know that the movieheather First is released in 1988 forcing you to do some difficult mathematics, which is like being fooled by pop culture by realizing how long it has been in high school.
26 "Internet fear and confuse me. Is it correct to admit that now? »
He is, yes. Spend too much time online when you are post-40 is like the old guy who plants a part of university and announcement, "Hey, Hep Cats, who wants to make beer bangs with me? »
27 "My children are the most incredible human beings that have never existed. I am not ready to debate you on this point. They are proof that life can be wonderful and the world deserves to be saved. »
Your endless fascination with the small creatures you helped to create is exactly as it should be. It is quite natural to want overshare photos and videos on social media, and picking up and their achievements to all those who will listen. you put Ko.
28 "We must resist want to explain to a colleague of something that a mixtape cassette is, must resist want to explain to a colleague of something that a mixtape cassette, must .. .
Just bite the lip and walk.
29 "It's not fair that I'm glad I'm not young when social media was one thing. I am grateful. So, very, very, very grateful. »
People over 40 have recoil gift. We have already made all the mistakes and does all the stupid things as young people (all Young people are inevitably. You do not realize how much it was not to have a permanent folder of your bad youth actions until you are old enough to know better. And for the secret social media secrets, consult the20 social media ways emphasizes us out.
30 "Remember when 30 sounded old? If we were never so innocent? »
He is adorable wrong that we have been, well, just about everything.
31 "Should we do today anything? Yes, which sounds like a wonderful idea. »
No more days to have Fomo, the fear of disappearing. Now you have Fomoomo, the fear of the disappearance of missing people. You feel a new responsibility to make sure all sofas are relaxed.
32 "Do I want a shot? Absolutely not."
Save the Jäger bombs for college children.
33 "I should probably bring a coat, just in case."
This could be 90 degrees, but a child over 40 will never feel comfortable leaving the house without at least one luminous jacket. Why? You never know when there could be a slightly fresh breeze.
34 "I remember when my parents turned forty and they seemed soooooo old."
The only thing worse than realizing that you turn in your father or mother, you realize that you have reached the same age when they seemed once like the oldest people you ever know.
35 "This bench looks pretty tempting."
You could be late for an appointment, but if you spend a bench, feet or feet (or both) feel bad (probability), you will not be able to withstand quick assistance.
36 "Let's just agree not to agree."
The courage to stop chatting, withstanding the regrowth of everyone and anyone does not share your point of view, is surprisingly easy once you understand it.
37 "Let's go early and beat the rush."
This strange desire to avoid a crowd at all costs is a behavior of more than 40 more. "Why", we could reasonably ask: "Leave the house at all if you do not want to be around other people?" You will understand when you are 40 years old.
38 "Cancer is terrible."
By the time you are 40 years old, you probably know at least some people affected by this terrible disease. You can even be one of them.
39 "There is no sadness that can not be corrected with a red velvet cake."
Life is not so complicated if you just apply the right amount of desserts.
40 "I am sorry."
Admitting when you are bad, is not unique to people over 40, but it sometimes seems easier for them.
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