I have decided I like this philosophy of "better not younger".
I don't have much choice; I better.
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I have decided I like this philosophy of “better not younger“.
I don’t have much choice; I better.

All joking aside I do feel “better not younger” is the right mantra to traverse the middle years; spending time wanting and dreaming of the impossible is not only a complete waste of time but also ridiculous and foolish. The thought of being the best version, the improved version of us is empowering.
 
That is the space I want to conquer.

I don’t care about younger, while it was fabulous, wonderful and actually at times completely impossible, I want to be better with age. I want to face maturity with a tried and proven mantra to help me conquer the doubts and fears I inevitably will face. Like everyone else I do feel shaky and unpleasantly surprised when I look in the mirror, I do think for a second before I spring up from the floor and I do consider an activity before I run in headlong. I want to do it all but age has garnered caution. I might be feeling more vibrant and energetic than ever before but sense does prevail more than it once did. Life and the inevitable shocks along the way provide for that.
In some ways, “better not younger” is a way of thinking for every decade of our life and I w...