Being in my later 60s, I think I've JUST missed this trend. I'm sure there are plenty of women my age getting "things" done, but I don't think it's quite as common as, say, for women currently in their 50's. And my feeling about missing the boat? To be honest – relief. Sure, I don't look in the mirror every morning and feel ecstatic about my aging face. But frankly the alternative sounds exhausting to me. In many ways, I'm finding older age to be a welcome break from all of those decades of being so focused on my appearance. Also, I think our culture has an unhealthy relationship with aging and death and I fear these trends are only making that worse.
That is such a great point around aging and death! It makes me wonder how often we opt to optimize our lives to avoid death/aging instead of actually live them.
Being in my later 60s, I think I've JUST missed this trend. I'm sure there are plenty of women my age getting "things" done, but I don't think it's quite as common as, say, for women currently in their 50's. And my feeling about missing the boat? To be honest – relief. Sure, I don't look in the mirror every morning and feel ecstatic about my aging face. But frankly the alternative sounds exhausting to me. In many ways, I'm finding older age to be a welcome break from all of those decades of being so focused on my appearance. Also, I think our culture has an unhealthy relationship with aging and death and I fear these trends are only making that worse.
That is such a great point around aging and death! It makes me wonder how often we opt to optimize our lives to avoid death/aging instead of actually live them.