Iโm turning 40 in a few months and trying not to thinkย too much of it, but I am getting my bearings a bit.
Yesterday Elisa Gabbert tweeted, โI think I liked magazines more as a kid because the writing was by people older and wiser than me, with different generational interests. Now itโs just, like, writing by my friends, or people who could be? Iโm supposed to pay for this? Lolโ
I had a good laugh at this.ย It made me think that a good move at this age might be to start reading the NYTimes for Kids (which I already do) orย Teen Vogue or AARP.
This would be the publication equivalent toย Kevin Kellyโs advice, โWhen you are young, have friends who are older; when you are old, have friends who are younger.โ
I do feel kind of lucky right now, to be in the middle: I have my kids and their friendsย for youth spiesย and for an elder perspective, I ride bikes twice a week with a 75-year-old who is still mad that Dylan went electric.
Everything changes, always, but Iโm enjoying this age at the moment.