It's Not That Bad #26: The Feeling of Ageing, Tories Being Dumb & The Last of Us
Your Weekly Good Sh*t Roundup
Another week, another list of Good Shit. Let’s get into it.
1. The Feeling of Ageing
A new feeling in 2023 for me, has been ageing. For the first time, I’m feeling my exact age of twenty-eight, not older or wishing to be older or anything but the present. And it’s confronting. I feel the months of this year slipping away, as I cling on to the last moments of an afterparty as the sun rises. I have started going out more and staying out later.
Aware that nights like these will get less frequent, that new priorities will flood in, that I won’t always be able to make dumb choices and rot away on a Sunday.
As I type this, full of hangxiety, it made me remember that this feeling is actually very special. It’s very positive. And it should make the list of this week’s good stuff. Because how lucky, to be graced with ageing, to have a full life of fun, that you don’t want to say no to.
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