Birthdays: Getting old still beats the alternative
After that, there tends to be more fuss over the round numbers, 30, 40, 50… Yet, for me, the halfway point in a decade is more consequential, when you tip over towards the next decade, nearer now to the next round number that the last, proportionally closer to the old person you’re becoming than the young person you were, the one you didn’t realise was going to change physically and mentally however much you fought to maintain yourself, the one you didn’t appreciate then, yet now when you look back at once-hated photos you think hey, I wasn’t half as bad as I thought.
I thought I was fine about this mid-decade birthday until late Wednesday, as midnight approached, and I suddenly remembered that not only was I entering my 56th year, I also had just 16 minutes left before I would officially be closer to 60 than 50.
Yet, for me, the halfway point in a decade is more consequential, says Jennie.
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