Does Age Quash Our Spirit of Adventure?

[innerSpaceman]

The fudz phenomena. More and more of my (ex) friends have succombed to it over the years. The not having get-up-and-go, or let's go play, or yeah, sound's like fun.

Hahaha, the first wave came when I was barely out of my twenties!!! My friend Jim, who I didn't hang out with much before then, became very close because many of our mutual or respective friends faded fast as their 20's faded.

Since then, all but the truly young-at-heart have fudzed out. Some in their 30's, some later. I am truly fortunate, at 46, to know so many people who are truly young-at-heart ... otherwise I'd have no one to play with (well, except for all the truly young people I tend to get along well with).

To me, this is the gist of it. Some softening of energy-levels notwithstanding, I still have just as much get-up-and-go as I always did. And falling prey to the "normal" benchmarks of music, tattoos and cuisine don't change that fact.


Sactown hit something squarely on the head. I haven't had a steady stream of new music introduced to me since my teenager lived at home. Similarly, I haven't gotten into anything active like rollerblading or snorkeling since I broke up with my last girlfriend. It seems that I don't self-motivatingly seek out unknown music or fun quasi-sporting ... but I'm all for it once I'm in range.

I just need to find some way to keep getting in range.




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