# Today I turned 50

_Published on 4 September 2025 at 1:42 PM · Around 1 minutes to read_

Happy Birthday to me!

This is a difficult post to type. Not because I am ashamed of turning 50, but because of how people treat age.

I feel great. Despite some setbacks in my career and the knock-on effects in my personal life, I am mostly fine. I have some normal limitations, likely age appropriate, but I am fit as a fiddle. Still moving and grooving like I always have. My spirit is high. I hardly feel my age, and I am often told I hardly look it. Intellectually, I do not even feel like I have peaked.

So why is there ageism? I do not understand it. I have never judged anyone for their age. Many of my older peers are flippin awesome and an inspiration to me.

The gift I am giving myself this year is to care less about what others think. To give fewer fucks. And to keep doing my thing.

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