As you begin to age, your priorities become different, because you would have gotten to know better. Being young, we often find ourselves muddled up in several things and getting engaged in several commitments.
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Old age comes with experience and you seem to know better than when you were young. You’re no longer carried away by seeming trivialities. We become less dramatic, looking at every issue with an eye of pragmatism. In this article, I identified four little things that will mean so much to you in the next forty years or less.
- Enjoying Your Present.
According to studies, as people get older, they begin to live in the present. It’s common to see young adults and teens attempting to please friends and families. However, it’s very rare among the elderly and mid-aged. As we grow old, experience helps us know what is worth bothering about, whether in the future or in the past. Most often, the reason why we panic about the future is that we haven’t been there before. However, as we grow, chances are that the things that bother teenagers and young adults no longer bother us. With this, in the next forty years, what will matter to us is living and enjoying the present.
- Desirous of Genuine Relationship.
As we get older, what will matter most to us are things that are genuine and not fancy things. And one of those things that we’ll desire is a genuine relationship. Given that we’ve had our own fair share of disappointment and heartbreaks during our younger days, you wouldn’t want to go into any relationship due to peer pressure or trends. With age, we’re armed with experience, so we know what to look out for before delving into any relationship. In the next forty years, whether in our private or business lives, we’ll tend to look out for those people who we’re compatible with.
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- Passion Becomes Our Motivation For Anything We Want To Do.
As we get older and have tried our hands on many things, passion becomes our motivation for work. Since experience has taught us that time is fleeting, we tend to live in the moment, thus, we derive joy in what we do or better still, abandon what we have no interest in and pursue our interests. As we age, noting time is no longer on our side, we seem to stop jumping from one interest or job to the other.
- Peace Of Mind Becomes Your Foremost Priority.
Elderly people naturally hate the hustle and bustle of everyday life. First, most of their energy is gone, and they’re left with little and therefore, cannot afford the luxury of hopping from one place to another. Second, with so much experience, they tend to separate messages from noise. They learn to take what they truly want and let go of others. In the next forty years, you’ll place your peace of mind above all, because experience has taught you that nothing is worth dying for. Finally, in the next forty years your health will be your utmost priority and how sound your health is will be predicated on the amount of peace of mind you have.
In conclusion, we mustn’t wait for the next forty years to start living our best lives and enjoying these little things that matter. Having peace of mind should be placed above all. Living in the moment rather than being prisoners of our past and future is the best way we can truly live. Thirdly, passion for what we do should be above other considerations when choosing a career path. Finally, rather than going into wrong relationships due to peer, family and social pressures, let’s look out for people who truly matter to us.
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This article was first published on 10th November 2021
nnaemeka-emmanuel
Nnaemeka is an academic scholar with a degree in History and International Studies from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is also a creative writer, content creator, storyteller, and social analyst.
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