Hasta la vista, 44
Tomorrow is my birthday. I turn 45. I’m feeling good about turning 45, better than I felt about turning 44, anyway.
I was going to write a post about turning 45, but then I remembered that I wrote a really good post about happiness and getting older last year. Situation Normal has grown quite a bit since last September, so The Secret to Happiness: A Mid-Life Report is new to roughly 68 percent of you! Here’s hoping the remaining 32 percent of Situation Normal readers like reruns.
Anyway, enjoy the story! And if you want to get me a present, you can share Situation Normal with your friends and enemies. That’s the best present in the world.
Share Situation Normal with my enemies - NO WAY! I don't want them to get the least bit of enjoyment that I get out of reading your stories. Happy Birthday! I turn 46 this year, so from one Gen-X to another, "knowing is half the battle", and "only you can prevent forest fires".
Happy birthday, Michael! I hope you thoroughly enjoy and appreciate your 40s. From the perspective of a 67 year-old, your 40s are truly the prime of life. Actually, the 60s decade is even better because you can retire and REALLY enjoy life... except that your body is starting to betray you by that time. The older you get, the more you can decide not to give a flying fuck anymore about what you "should" do or not do, say or not say. It's very freeing.