gettin’ old (er)

[solarpsychedelic]

Want to write more about the experience of being in my 50s.

First, though, I’m asking myself when did the topic become so urgent? Maybe because I finally had to admit that the millennials are aging, too, with the oldest turning 45.

The generation that re-defined youth culture and re-directed pop culture with their sheer numbers and energy are also gettin’ old (er).

When I was growing up, a neighbor on our block had her first baby in 1980. Well, that “kid” is now 45 and in peri-menopause.

Tempus fugit and it’s more than a little alarming.

And 2010s pop culture, in which I was so engaged, is over, and even regarded as a vintage nostalgia event by Gen Z.

Things change every 10 years but man, this has been a heavy change. Even with the Great Recession, the shift from 2005 to 2015 didn’t feel that abrupt.