I think we should rename TG, team bitterness and nominate new members (8+p)

Alex, do you find that these "happy" people have settled, or are they absolutely loving every minute of it, in your experience?

Even though I'm only 27 it does worry me.

Mainly in the way that I really would like to "do something" with my life and don't want to get stuck in a rut and end up too old to do anything.

Hang on a minute! You've got a whole plan, with stages and everything.

I know.

I've put that in place in the past couple of months exactly because I was worrying that I was going to do nothing

See, I don't get that. Even if you decide to do something else, new, at 50 you've still got 15 years at least ahead of you to do it.
I've spent a decade doing one thing, I may go and do something else shortly. Or I might go back into doing what I was doing (more fool me if I do, however).

Am I the only one here who actually feels more confident the older they get? Maybe it's because I've got so much more experience, both in my profession and life in general than I did 10 or 20 years ago, but I'm actually enjoying getting older... except for the aching joints, of course

No it is just wisdom. Been there, done that, have the T-shirt.

I agree, but reading this thread it occured to me that there is a lot of negativity being expressed and I wanted to put a positive slant on it.

I guess I'm only negative about things because I've missed chances and opportunities. On the whole, I don't mind getting older - it's not something I get much say in anyway.

Life is what you make it, and I haven't made the most of it. Yet.

Fair enough. I think I nailed it earlier. Just about everything gets better as you get older................ except for your body.

As your body is your way of interfacing with the world at large, that does kinda suck.

But you're right, more confidence and wisdom can only be good. As long as it's genuine and tested, and not merely the perceived kind.

I think that one aspect of getting older that might depress people is have they achieved such and such by a set age. Like buying a home getting married having the first child etc. All seem to be targets that you should have achieved by your thirties. To have delayed for any reason many mighty think as failure. Though I had achieved other goals without achieving any of the ones mentioned. I had already turned down four wedding proposals made a couple of million and still had not owned a car or a home. All relative.

Was that the 80s by any chance? Wanna share the secrets of your success?

Is it that we get more confident or we give less of a sh!t about things?

I collected books, I had an eye for noticing bargains so had more than a million in books. As for the proposals I was quite the ladies man. Though I did quieten down towards the end. It was all so repetitive. Then I had my accident and I had other things to deal with.