For me, aging is one of the strangest parts of being human. I think for most people, they feel like the same person that they were in early adulthood, but their body keeps changing. Most of the time aging is gradual and we don't notice it much. Over time we just start to realize that what was once easy is now harder or more painful.
I want to be a person who ages gracefully, but at the same time it is hard for me to accept getting older. I think it would be exhausting to try to fight it with all kinds of expensive treatments, or serums, or creams. But at the same time I haven't experienced many of the outward effects of aging yet. It seems like a cruel thing to slowly take away a person's beauty, senses, mobility, and independence. I suppose it is just one of those things in life that you just have to accept and make the best of.
Since I do have to get older, I don't want to be one of those grannies who wears a shawl and sits around and knits or bakes cookies all the time. Sure I will change in some ways, but I never want to loose my sense of adventure and excitement for life. I don't want to feel restricted to only do things that "old people" do. I want to feel as free as I am today to experience and try new things, to wear what I want, and to be who I want to be.
I'm afraid of the stigma that is placed on older people, and I hope I can help to change that by being an unconventional older person. Youth is a privilege, but we would all do well to remember that that privilege doesn't last forever. As for me, I intend to act however young I feel, and I hope I can keep my outward appearance from getting in the way of that.
