Getting older and (possibly) wiser

I am 34 and the last couple years I’ve finally started “feeling old”. Perhaps old is the wrong word and adult maybe the better way to phrase things.

I value my sleep and rest over social life. I feel tired all the time. I no longer get excited for parties, but I do get excited to run errands and go to random stores like Home Depot.

With a baby on the way, I feel very ready to enter the next phase of my life. Of course I’ll miss the 3am nights with friends drinking every now and then, but it’s just not worth it anymore at this age. I look forward to trading in my 3am “nightcap” for a 3am baby feeding session.

Of course there’s a lot of positives to aging. I do feel much wiser. I listen more (but not enough). I know more of how the world works. I don’t let things that don’t matter bother me as much as I used to.

I feel that I’ve become a much better person overall. I’m proud of that part of my life, but I’m equally as proud to that I know that I have a lot of room to grow still.

If I do things right, I know that life should only get better as I age. I look forward to that.