The Adventures of Expatboy

So I just read Leeann’s "laos" blog entry about "being thirty, etc". So it this just with girls, or with guys as well? Because for myself, I’m starting to lend credence to those people who have said 50 was the "prime of their lives". If you take care of yourself, the downsides rarely trump the upsides - at least for myself.

The last couple of days I have been introspecting, how I am now much more comfortable within my own skin - maybe partly because the person residing in my skin is a lot better than the person 5 years ago. Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror and no longer recognize the face looking back at me. However aerobic and strength training, proper diet, good sleep, a social support system does wonders and makes me look and feel not a hair over a quarter century. And the equipment has been functioning better than it has been in more than a decade!

Other aspects also doing well. Getting recognized at work, my own startup business doing really, really well and green card within the year.

I really don’t see how you couldn’t make yourself be better than you were 10 years ago in almost any respect - physically, emotionally and financially - if you try. Good genes will of course also help. Lots of relatives living to 90, and no baldness in the family.

Maybe women are different than men in this respect. I used to date this girl and when I told her I was actually 10 years older than what she thought, her pupils dilated and she breathed "reaaally?" That date ended really well.