About to turn 40 here, for context. In my early 20s I worked with a fellow who was 60 yo. Something I'll never forget was when he told me, while in a relatively

About to turn 40 here, for context. In my early 20s I worked with a fellow who was 60 yo. Something I'll never forget was when he told me, while in a relatively introspective conversation during down time at work, that he doesn't recognize who he is when he looks in the mirror. Internally, as he said, he felt the same as he always did. Now, granted, this was a 4-times divorced, 5 times married ex-hippie and proud ex-80s coke-head fully bald man exhibiting light tremors, so there may have been other issues involved, but as I cross the threshold of another decade, can't help but think of what he said. Much like you, I don't feel much of a change, but I also feel very lucky because of that. Not sure if I'm aging well or if I'm accepting aging well, but then again I'm only turning 40. If I'm lucky enough, there'll be a ton more to lament in the future.