Where is everyone from, and how old are you? (Page 4 of 5)

lyra, I just turned 40 this year, and I still get carded.  People are absolutely shocked when I they find out how old I am.   I was mistaken for a 21 year old recently.  When I was practicing in my mid to late thirties, patients would often tell me they didn't think I looked old enough to be a doctor.  I freak people out alot. 

I was so excited about turning 40.  I feel like I'm finally almost a grown-up.  I don't believe in aging, so that aspect doesn't bother me at all.   I think the whole concept of aging is erroroneous.

I'm confused.............

In any given discipline, wouldn't you only count the highest degree attained within that discipline?  Instead of saying you have an AS, BS, and MS, wouldn't you just say "I have a Master's of Science degree."  ?  I didn't think you were supposed to count the 2 year and 4 year milestones that you achieved on your way to the final resting place as separate entities in themselves.   And if you had an MA and an MS, then you could say "I have two degrees."  Because they're separate.

I don't know, I'm just wondering.  I didn't do the college thing, so, I'm confused.    (Edit:  or if anybody knows the answer to this, then feel free to chime in!    I'm just curious now how it works, so whoever can answer, that's fine..........)

I've jumped from field to field over the years:

AA, Liberal Arts
AS, Paralegal Studies
BA, Political Science
BS, Biology
PhD, Dental Medicine
MS, Endodontics

My name's Dane, and I'm 19.

Cool!  Well there you go!   

I've been thinking here and there about the whole age thing, and the concept of people nowadays supposedly looking younger than in days past.

When I look at old photos of people from yesteryear, there's no doubt that they all look older than today's counterparts.   Take somebody who was in their early 20's, and they look like they're 15 - 20 years older than someone of the same age nowadays.  I've been trying to figure out why this is...

Clothing and style might have a lot to do with it.  Moustaches, which young guys don't sport anymore, definitely age a guy.  People in the past were all about wearing hats as well, and their clothing was fussy.   That too makes one look older.   

People were also more serious back then, prone to frowning all the time.   Gay-ity and laughter and having fun was something only the rich could partake in.   So yeah, where was the lighthearted fun and relaxed, easy going nature?  It didn't exist for most.  Life was serious business, a struggle for most.   Today on the contrary, more women and men have it easy, and are more relaxed and actually have a shot at experiencing true happiness.  People have time for "frivelous" things and activities that contribute to a relaxed, youthful mindset.   And young and old alike dress casually, versus the days of yore with all that fussy dress and hoop skirts and corsets and top hats and time pieces dangling from a chain, squinted at through a monacle, worn by a dude in a double breasted jacket set off by shiny polished shoes.     Forget that!  It's all about khaki shorts with lots of pockets, sandals, jeans and T shirts!     Youth!

So, that might very well explain a lot of it, I don't know.  Another part involves genetics, and physical size.   No doubt about it, being tiny automatically makes you appear younger than you are.   I used to work with a British guy who was 27, but the poor guy was about 5'2", and weighed 110 pounds, and looked like he was 16.   I always referred to him as "the British kid", which was bad, I know, because he was married and had 2 kids!!    When he mentioned his wife was pregnant with their second child, I inadvertantly did what people had been doing to me....I blurted out, "My god...how old ARE you??"    I knew he couldn't be 16 to be working there as a programmer, but I figured okay, at BEST he's like, 20.   And that's PUSHING it.   I'd guess 18. 

Nope. He was 27.  But he was so tiny and quiet and reserved that he just seemed like a little boy!   Even worse was he was married to an older American woman, she was probably about 15 years older, and the first time she showed up in their minivan to pick him up, I thought it was his Mom!!!    (because he told me his mom and wife were coming to pick him up.....)   But then his mom (mum? ) got out from the back seat to stretch, and she looked REALLY old, so, it was obvious, and I was like, doh!  Nope, that's just his wife!   haha

So anyway, big statured people and people with big heads look older than their ages, always.

So maybe the mystery is figured out at last!

While the above may contribute to assumptions on ones age, I don't really know if I can agree that big statured, big headed people tend to look older.  I'm 5'8", and think I have a big head.  (Proportion wise)  I'm still told that I look younger than I really am.

Yep, I'm another exception to your theory.   I'm 5'10", and I don't have a small head.  But I understand what you were saying about people with an unusually small frame often seeming younger.

When I was in junior high and high school, people always thought I was at least a college senior.  (Which was great for getting into clubs and stuff.)  Part of that was that I was a very mature  old soul.  At least I was very mature when I was very young.   Being tall helped a lot, also.

I decided that looking 24-24 was the ideal, and have held that intention.

I just read something in one of Gary Bonnell's books about how your face keeps changing until sometime around puberty when you "decide" on a version that you feel will be most beneficial for you.  Interesting.

My grandmother was 60 when I was born, and looked soooo much older than my mother at that same age.  She was very constricted energetically, if that makes any sense, and I think it made a big difference.  I think being very rigid makes your energy get "stuck" and stagnant, which can lead to all kinds of problems.

My mother looked much younger than other women her age until about 5 years ago when she started spending a lot of time with a group of women her age that looked much older, and who I think had a much more negative mindset.   The change in my mother was so shocking to me.  She had changed so much over about a year, even her hair started to turn grey.

I believe in levels of consciousness and attractor fields, and I think that's how a lot of people are influenced by others.  (See Power Vs Force by David Hawkins.)

Beliefs and expections are very powerful.  When I say I think aging is an error, what I mean is that I think it's a mistake to think it is unavoidable.  I think it is a case where people see it happening, and assume it is necessary and just something that happens, and so they buy into the belief system.

I think those erroneous beliefs are beginning to break down as more and more people seem to defy expectations.