I feel the same way he does, but I'm only 24. I'm a lot more short-tempered than I used to be, my short-term memory is quite horrible, and I take anti-inflamma

I feel the same way he does, but I'm only 24. I'm a lot more short-tempered than I used to be, my short-term memory is quite horrible, and I take anti-inflammatories daily (mine are due to injuries from competing in track though). I also eschew the news because it all sounds the same to me, and I don't find it particularly entertaining; on the contrary, my mood is significantly worse after reading about current events. I didn't even know what the Ferguson case was until my family started talking about it. I figure if there's something really important that's happening, it will show up in my newsfeed on Facebook. But I definitely try to avoid routine. My family is always trying to get me to settle into one -- a predictable pattern that's followed every day -- but I'm actively trying to avoid doing that. I recall reading once that having a (boring) daily routine is the quickest way to make your life fly by. I'm not sure if it's true or not, but I've found that it seems pretty accurate for myself. In addition to not having a routine, I try hard to stay open-minded. I've noticed that as most people become older, they become very opposed to anything that doesn't fit the worldview they've developed over the decades. It's almost disturbing to them on a psychological level if you challenge some strongly held notion about the way the world/reality works (and I've mainly quit trying. Is there really a good reason to convince an 84 year old that global warming is real?).