you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →



Having extra pounds just shy of being 40 is a lot different than it was ten years ago. I'm working hard to lose weight because 30 pounds of fat are doing a serious, serious number on my knees. And my back and neck crackle when I get up. I can tell I'm losing speed and flexibility.

My eyes are worse. Skin is more sensitive.

My brain works a little differently. A lot harder to cram new stuff in there - random trivia - but I'll tell you what. The field I've chosen, I can learn new stuff there more easily than ever. When I've got something in my brain to hang new facts on, so to speak, they stick very easily. I can think more deeply about those things and come to conclusions that would have completely escaped me even a few years ago.

That goes double for people, by the way. Years of being around people and observing them - I am so much better at predicting their reactions, at saying the right thing or picking up what they're really trying to say.