Being thirty seemed like a distant mountain just a few days back. Now I'm atop. As someone once said, "there is still no cure for the common birthday"! After the hangover of gifts and goodies, as I sit alone and rub my eyes to think of those 30 years spent on this planet, I suddenly find it quite alarming. The last age that I remember being was probably 21. What happened to all those 9 years after that? I was surely not hibernating. Maybe it was the down pour of too many key events that happened during then, which makes me feel so.Current world average lifespan of humans is considered to be 70. So I am nearing middle age. And what did I do to the world? I say, I was busy learning things. I am still learning things. Well, if your whole life is a learning process, when's the time to practice what you learnt?
Van Gogh died aged 37. Kafka died at 41. Michael Jackson's best years were 27-30. Now, does that mean that the most productive years of my life are over? The musicians and writers and film makers that contributed best to my generation are all dying off these days. Is the world graying beside me?
Not really! When I looked on further, I could see that there's hope. Le Corbusier and Richard Neutra died at 78. Villa Savoye was done when Corbusier was 42. Zaha Hadid established her practice when she was 30, and still it took her some decades to get her designs executed. Tadao Ando's professional life also flourished after his thirties. Barragan built his beautiful house at 46. And most interestingly, Geoffrey Bawa turned to architecture only at the age of 38. Phew! Who's in a hurry?
But there are other issues. The health insurance is expensive after you turn 30. Now does that imply that one should be expecting health issues after 30? They scare me saying the female reproductive system goes on a toss after 35. Ehem! I must quickly do something about it!
That apart, as I sit here with silver strands in my hair (that I still see as the effect of early wisdom), and getting used to the newer generation calling me "aunt!", I still have a lot of youth in my mind. I will always have it, as far as I share my life with this man, who'd always be one year older than I am!
"These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.” Virginia Woolf
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Posted on 30 th June,this indeed is an interesting launch...
ReplyDeletewel...on the article,as a 30ier i'll advocate it coz,
1)tis iz a common concern of the agegroup,which is normally repudiated..
2)most of those successful did it 30+/- 5,we shud admit.
3)Value of time is the focal point i guess..wat one sacrifice Vs wat one accomplish..(especially for the pravasis...this is of much significance.)
4)the article also arises the question 'wen am i gonna be the best in my career or 'wil my best ever happen'.Thereby it prompts the reader to wake up...but i dont think tat cud ever be the intention..this is juz an explosion of thoughts..not least bothered if it helps/harms..watever..
5)A very transparent article, even by quotin personal dilemmas,makes this an honest attempt of self revelation.
wel,I also criticize it coz,
1)Visible escapism,referring all those who clikd aged.. :)
nice going, 'girl'. :-)
ReplyDeletekeep at it.
Precedence and antecedents does not invariably
ReplyDeletechange the pattern of our existence.Even though,
the chance happening are pretty convincing to believe otherwise. But , I must admit,your train of thoughts do give hitherto optimism for all those who had crossed the fence of thirty.
If i intent to become a fatalist, then the incident of coconut falling on head instead of acres of land around it, can be a fine incident to portray. But let us be rational for a change.
Being successful is a curious paradox. A mirage for the ambitious, a horizon you walk towards. This dosent necessarily mean that having a goal and striving towards it are mundane persuasions,but to realize that success does not elude a person with open mind and awareness of the relative nature of it.
people often dosent realize their success.
To be frank,salt and pepper that you flaunt these days, make me jealous.keep posting blogs. kudos (it is a refreshing change and a good practice for my screwed up mad man's grammar)Is it possible to hide the sentence in bracket....