No more homework I care less and less what others may think I am more confident to speak my mind Mommy and Daddy no longer make my rules
I realize that some of these apply well before 40, but I haven't finished even one cup of coffee yet.
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at February 3, 2019 2:44 AM MST
After I stopped crying about turning 40, I began to realize that I was really my own person, I didn't have to be influenced by what others expected of me unless I expected it of myself. I came and went as I pleased, I did or didn't do what I wanted, when I wanted and I didn't have to justify it to anyone but myself.
I can't say that I've ever really taken much note of having surpassed any of the "landmark" ages in adult life: 20, 21, 29, 30, 40. I definitely haven't been moved to tears over them, but then again, I'm not the emotional type anyway.
Well, when you're turning 40, still not married, don't have children and your three younger sisters are all married with children and houses, you can't help but lament that you probably will never have any of them. Then you turn 41 and you realize that life goes on and you make the best of it. :)