Signs you're getting young

[NotHardUp1]

A lot is said of age and decline. I read on 9gag constantly of those in their 30's who think they have. Here, the media age of posters is even higher.

But, I do believe in a 2nd childhood.

It may be a bucket list, and it may not, but I know a lot of people have things to do that they missed in childhood, or did in childhood and want to do again.

For mine own, I think resuming my piano studies is one. And taking up fishing again is another. Once, I was fairly good at it. And water coloring. When I was around 14, I was beginning to show some aptitude.

That's three I can think of now.

What about you? Any go-backs?

 

[LeicsDom]

There are several things I wish I had done as a youngster.
I would love to have had lessons and been a singer. My mother always told me I was tone deaf. But in later life I did take some lessons and it turns out I could sing. More lessons at an early age and who knows.
Similarly with dancing. It turns out I wasn't as clumsy as I was told.
Who knows what else I could have achieved with a little encouragement

 

[Peloso]

Difficult topic for me as I had a good momentum going until my late teens when I got sick. It took me a couple decades to get stabilized, and I never did find a way to pick up where I left off when mental illness sidelined my goals, interests and dreams.

Now that I'm slipping past middle age, trying to reconnect with the passions of my youth seems like a bit of a folly, but it's that or nothing but "Ozark" reruns and unchallenged cognitive decline.

 

[NotHardUp1]

I guess I'm not really asking about missed boats.

Physical limitations and mental are real.

Wouldn't even use the word "passions," so much as fancies. What do you fancy doing that you did once or didn't get to do?

Maybe it was building a shed. Or having a garden. Or riding horses. Or learning how to make paper. Or mastering cake decorating. Or speaking German. Or making your own radio.

 

[PalacePaul]

I can't speak for myself. But my dad, who's been kind of depressive for decades, is now baking cakes.
Everything is possible.

Me? I'm gonna start a vegetable garden one day.

 

[Peloso]

I guess I'm not really asking about missed boats.

Physical limitations and mental are real.

Wouldn't even use the word "passions," so much as fancies. What do you fancy doing that you did once or didn't get to do?

Maybe it was building a shed. Or having a garden. Or riding horses. Or learning how to make paper. Or mastering cake decorating. Or speaking German. Or making your own radio.

It's not a missed boat, really. More like a boat that I fell off of, and here I am paddling away on a leaky skiff, trying to get back on board.

Not sure what to do with the distinction between passions and fancies here. To me, a fancy is to a passion what an LED strip is to the aurora borealis.

I fancy allowing myself to drink soda again, which I've forbidden to do because of the insane sugar content. I fancy going out and actually doing things with friends. Maybe trying to initiate a romantic relationship with someone. But these are just fancies and fancies they will remain.

I still write and, to a lesser degree, paint and draw, but the passion and the urgency is gone. I'm not sure if this passion and urgency is exclusive to youth, or if it was smothered by the way I've chosen to live my life these past few decades. Can it be recovered? Am I just chasing after my youth when I might see more results by simply settling into old age?

Like I indicated, it's a complicated issue for me, so that's' the best answer I can give.

 

[Alistair]

I still bike as often as I can

 

[gsdx]

What do you fancy doing that you did once

Everything that you take for granted. I haven't been able to 'take for granted' for years. Mostly, I think, I would like to be able to stand up long enough to make a full holiday meal and then to be able to eat it.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Maybe I've watched too many movies. In my mind, a passion is something you feel compelled to do, driven, even obsessed.

A fancy is something you enjoy doing, like rollerblading, container gardening, or Texas Holdem.

 

[Peloso]

Maybe I've watched too many movies. In my mind, a passion is something you feel compelled to do, driven, even obsessed.

A fancy is something you enjoy doing, like rollerblading, container gardening, or Texas Holdem.

Sounds right to me. Was this contradicted?

 

[NotHardUp1]

No, just articulating what I meant.