Middle-age

I think I am fast approaching the dreaded middle age ( middle age being forty in my opinion). I consider myself a conformist. Until now I just had to flow with the current, go with the herd and do what everyone expected me to do. But now I feel I have no milestones to grasp. I am just slipping into middle-age. 


I think it is because of the following reasons:

1. I find that the average blogger (writing personal blogs) is about 20 or 25 years old. 
2. People ask me what I do and I am unable to answer it in a simple sentence.
3. I can't relate to the current crop of comedies on TV.
4. I worry about hair or the lack of it or the greying and thinning of it. 
5. I have started reminiscing about my childhood.
6. I no longer mind being called 'aunty'.
7. I am becoming ( or so I believe) more patient with people and the system.
8. I realise that the identity of a person is much more than just his/her job or role in life.
9. I am able to accept my faults and admit it. I am also trying to do something about them.

And last of all, life is what you make of it. I think as you hit forty, your sense of awareness increases. It seems like you have the ability to zoom in on your life and look at it for what it is.