I have this longstanding and pointless goal to live to see the American Tricentennial. According to this site I'll miss it by 10 years! It also just so happens

I have this longstanding and pointless goal to live to see the American Tricentennial. According to this site I'll miss it by 10 years! It also just so happens that I'm right in the middle of my (projected) lifespan, which would certainly qualify me as middle-aged. But I refuse to identify as such because I feel Boomers turned it into such a negative phrase. Boomers just generally seemed to obsess over aging and retiring and dying in a way that I thankfully don't see among my Millenial and Gen X peers.