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There’s a myth that life has a natural slope: up in your 20s and 30s, plateau in your 40s, then a slow descent into “maturity,” “comfort,” or worse, “relevance loss.” But what if that’s all backwards?
What if aging was your license to speed up?
You’ve already done the hard part: learning who you are, what you care about and how the world really works. Now is the time to accelerate.
Be the one who learns the new app before your kids. Try the weird new food. Launch the project, speak up in the meeting, say yes to the invitation. Read sci-fi (or George R.R. Martin). Follow a 22-year-old on Instagram who makes you uncomfortable (but also, think). Start the podcast you thought you were “too late” for.
Because here’s the truth: Most people slow down not because they have to, but because they think they’re supposed to.
They confuse “being seasoned” with being stagnant. They swap curiosity for comfort. But comfort is a cage with nice pillows.
The real edge belongs to those who keep moving forward while others park in “nostalgia.”
Speed is a mindset. So is irrelevance.
You don’t lose your edge. You let it rust. Keep it sharp. Speed up.
