It takes longer to heal from everything!
Go to bed feeling fine, wake up with a pulled muscle in some random part of your body that takes all week to heal.
What the f@#k is up with all this ear hair?
All of your old injuries come back to haunt you. That banged up knee that you got sliding into home plate when you were nine? Hello, again! That time you tweaked your back lifting that grocery bag? Did you miss me? Blurry eyes from staying up too late on the computer? Well, now they’re always blurry!
Body started degenerating a lot more after about 45.
It’s still healthy and works but I have to be careful about feeding it properly, getting some exercise, and the like.
But now I look old and people treat me differently because of it, and that’s sad.
Despite all the negatives, your “give a f@#ks” plummet at 40 which is pretty great.
Peeing more often.
I like to joke I hit 40 and the check engine light came on. You’ll get random aches and pains that just come and go, and sometimes stick around permanently. If you injure yourself, expect healing times to be 2-3 times longer at least. Same with illnesses, you just don’t bounce back like you used to.
I barely drink anymore, the hangovers suck, but it also makes my heart race. Like I’ll wake up in the middle of the night like with my heart going as fast as if I’ve been working out.
I broke my left wrist when I was at primary school. Once it was out of cast, I was fine. I broke my right wrist some 40 years later and needed hand therapy once I had the cast removed to move my hand properly again. I asked if it was from the break, and was told that no, the stiffness and soreness would be from having it in a cast for 6 weeks.
I needed hand therapy simply because it was held immobile. Stay active and keep that body moving people.
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