It would be nice if I was a totally rationale machine that behaved like neoclassical economists think we should. I'm not.
Here are the things that I noted at the time and was consciously aware they meant that I was getting older. While there have been many other markers these are the ones where I thought- 'I'm getting older'.
- wearing short trousers with the pocket at the back, not at the front; 3? under 5 anyway
- getting a watch; 10 years
- sex; 18 years old
- getting into debt; 18 years old
- finally understanding what a draught was (up until then I never understood why adults complained about doors left open in warm rooms); somewhere near 20
- buying emery boards (yep weird); about 30
- my first grey hair; 35
- arranging my father's funeral and having to explain to my aunt that she wasn't making the decisions; 41
- the sudden realisation that I actually know a hell of a lot less than I thought I did about a huge range of things (people, life, talent, right, money etc...); January 09
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