September 27, 2025
If I’m being honest, my first thought was: stay up past midnight on a weeknight. Once upon a time, I could binge-watch TV until 2 a.m., inhale a questionable amount of pizza rolls, and still show up the next morning pretending to function. These days? If the clock flips past midnight, I know I’m buying myself a guaranteed nap attack around 2 p.m. the next day.
I also feel too old to sprint at full speed without pulling something important. Once you cross into your late 30s (and definitely your 40s), sprinting isn’t “running fast”, it’s playing a game of “which muscle is going to betray me first.” I look at my kids running around the yard at full tilt and think: that used to be me, but now my hamstrings have unionized.
And don’t even get me started on all-night road trips. I used to think nothing of driving through the night, windows down, music blasting, and then rolling into the next morning fueled only by caffeine and bravado. Now, I’m too old to even consider that without calculating how many chiropractor visits it’ll cost me in recovery.
But here’s the twist: “too old” can be a lie we tell ourselves. Sure, I might be past my prime for chugging Mountain Dew at 1 a.m. or crowd-surfing at a concert, but I’m not too old to learn new things, chase new goals, or take risks that matter. I know people who picked up new hobbies in their 60s, changed careers in their 50s, and even started running marathons after 40.
So maybe the real answer is this: I’m too old for things that break my body, but I’m never too old for things that expand my mind, stretch my creativity, or make me feel more alive.
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