50th birthday today....

[villager]

...any insights from those who've made the jump into the "later decades...?" (or are these still the "middle ones?")

Any road markers I oughtta keep my eyes peeled for on the journey ahead...?

[omega minimo]

1. Hey, if you're even asking, you're doing fine..................

:toast: Life will kick your ass when it gets around to it :spray:

[Kind of Blue]

2. Happy Birthday, Villager!

I'd say you've got another 30 years before those later decades roll around. Enjoy all the knowledge and insight the first half brought you :hug:

[LaurenG]

3. Happy Birthday Villager!

:party: :bounce: :applause:

[I Have A Dream]

4. I hope that you have a wonderful day, villager!

:bounce:

[get the red out]

5. Happy Birthday!!!!!!

May you have many more!

[Sanity Claws]

6. Happy Birthday, Villager

Hope this is a great year for you!

[rosesaylavee]

7. Happy Birthday!

It's all down hill from here! (Haha. No.)

I just celebrated mine 6 months ago. Already you are doing better than me because your birthday is in JUNE and it is probably much warmer and sunnier than mine was. :P I consider myself still very much middle aged. I think once I am 80, than maybe I will start to consider myself as wise and cronish.

[southerncrone]

24. Hey, there's nothing wrong w/crones!

:P

[MorningGlow]

8. Happy Birthday!

:party: :toast: :bounce:

Hope your day is wonderful--as is the rest of your life. Remember, the way longevity has been going lately, you're only halfway there!

You might consider a croning ceremony--it's not just for wimmins anymore. (Perhaps call it a "wizening"?) Pagans and wiccans believe that the last third of your life is when you're the most powerful because of the wisdom that comes with age, coupled with the level-headedness of measured reason. Plus you don't have to worry what anyone thinks of you anymore. So you can let it all hang out! :D

[Kookaburra]

9. Happy Happy Birthday!!!

Go do something fun!!! And enjoy your special day.
:party:

[stellanoir]

10. happy birthday !!!

and an even better decade to come.

[northernlights]

11. 50 is the new 30

I hit the big 5-0 about 5 years ago. I had just made major upheaval in my life -- moved from tiny 3-room condo to mini-farm. It's time to live while you have a better idea what you're doing and still have the energy to do it :D

Happy, happy, happy b-day and many happy returns!

:toast::party::toast::party::toast::toast::party::toast::party::toast::toast::party::toast::party::toast::toast::party::toast::party::toast:

[gblady]

12. totally agree....

Age is largely a state of mind.
I feel in my mid 30's most days.

(At 60 I graduated from Grad school...and am
embarking on new career...going stronger than ever)

My only advise is to take exquisite care
of your beautiful Self!


Happy Birthday!!!:party:

[northernlights]

14. thank you for posting that, gblady

At 54 I returned to school. It's going to take until I'm 57 to get a new AS degree and until I'm 58 or so to get the 2nd BS. It would take until 60 or so at least to finish an MS, although I'm hoping a double bachelors will be enough.

It's always good to know that I'm not alone at a fresh start this far along. My dentist told me his sister (or SIL) has gone back to school for some allied healthcare...at age 63, following a career as a lawyer!

[gblady]

15. going back to school....

was great. I loved it. I especially loved being older and doing it.
I could see and hear the young ones perspective, and have
my life experience wisdom to throw in the mix. I also
think I appreciated all that I was learning to a much larger
extent than when I was in college right out of high school.
I was able to think more critically about issues than when I was younger.
Loved the research, the writing, would go on for PhD if I had the $$$.

Best of wishes to you on your journey. It's well worth it.

[villager]

19. well, yes, the journey is always worth it, eh...?

thanks, gblady! :hi:

[villager]

20. a mini-farm sounds like a *great* idea....

I'm just getting the backyard vegetables going here in the big city...

next up: learning about food preservation! (I'm thinkin' sun drying may be the way to go...)

[Matariki]

13. Happy Birthday!

I turned 50 in September, so I can't offer much advice since we're the same age ;-)

But here's some anyway - go to the gym regularly and meditate. Does wonders.

[villager]

25. Both good pieces of advice -- actually, I'm combining 'em on long hikes

on all the local trails I've been away from, for far too long...

Can't believe how much I've missed hiking!

[Dora]

16. Happy birthday!

I hope you have a wonderful year, and that your fifties are a fantastic decade!

[Why Syzygy]

17. It's the best.

Fifty was my favorite and the first time I ever threw my own party. (Not the last.)
I finally didn't care what anyone else thought. That had been the promise at 30, but I didn't get it until 50.
I loved it so much, I never wanted to budge from 50, going with 50(a), 50(b), 50(c)...

Have a great day and many feisty years ahead.

[villager]

18. Love this! Love all the kind posts! Thanks, all!

While not throwing my own party (but making my own plans, with my sons!), one of the things I am loving about these "advanced" ages is exactly the "freeing up" of worrying about others' opinions -- peer pressure (even government or corporation "pressure," though I guess my trail of posts here -- as with many of us -- reveals that's been the case for awhile...! ;-)

Thanks again, everyone!

:hi:

[BanzaiBonnie]

21. Happy BDay

It just gets better.

[Sienna86]

22. Hope your 50th year is fantastic

Many wishes for a great future. (( ))

[southerncrone]

23. Happy, Happy, Birthday, villager!

I finished my Master's degree when I was 50. Just remember that your vehicle (body)needs more regular maintenance as it ages. Just take care if it & you'll do fine. As others have said, it is really a freedom to shed the opinions of "others" & just be YOU. I LOVE CRONEDOM! It's sooo liberating!