Anyone else feel like this?

[craigdt]

For me, once I really started to accomplish the things I could only dream of as young man, thats when I lost some of that drive.

That pursuit of *something* is really motivating.

Once you catch it, at least for me, that same drive is hard.

I've been trying to focus on the enjoyment of my successes and less of the "get the next big thing"

 

[ProgestegenicWarrior88]

I'm 38 this year. I've achieved a fair bit in my life.

How ever when I meet younger guys or talk with them (like mid 20s) I feel like somehow the energy/drive I once had is gone.

You are probably gonna jump to like "this guy is depressed" but it's deeper than that. It's like I'm tired spiritually.

I realised I spent a lot of my life trying to prove myself or push myself. Now it's like I don't see the point.

It's like I feel like the person who I once was as a younger man, the drive, the ambition and the raw energy is just not there or can't stand the idea of going through all that again.

Any thoughts?

Aging is thr process of body ossifying and losing the vigor it once had. Thats why boomers are typically slow, stubborn, and obssesed with regaining sexual function

 

[Elektrobot]

 

[buck]

Expectations are the main reason for discontentment i find. Expecting to feel young in middle age is not likely to happen. I am older. 66. I don't expect to feel like a 50 year old if i did i would be bummed out. I just adapt the best i can then move along. Thinking about it and let is fester does me no good.