35

Yes, today I'm 35...

According to what I could quickly find on StatsCan (Statistics Canada's government website) I'm roughly halfway through my life at this point. I guess my life expectancy is 74-76 being a male living in Nova Scotia. But then there's the years and years I abused my body with tons of alcohol, cigarettes and being a fat slob which probably lowered that number quite a bit. Hopefully this health phase I've been in for the past 3 years is starting to add a few months back on.

But honestly, being about halfway done doesn't bother me at all. Maybe if I was unhappy with my life, but honestly things are going great. I'm a pretty happy camper. I think people who worry about death and aging aren't really that happy with their life and keep thinking things will get better at some point, and are actually worrying they will die before they get to that point. Well, I'm at a great point and life is good. I always worry we'll win the lotto or something and it'll totally fuck our lives up. (I also worry we'll end up piss broke too)

Anyways, so what I want for my birthday?

Someone to fix that fuckin leaking bathtub tap. Yeah, I could do it... but I HATE working on plumbing stuff. I LOVE love love working around my home, just love it. One of my favorite things... but plumbing.....

Other than that I'm good. Great wife, great son, a place to call home, food on the table, no outstanding warrants, no one in the hospital... everything else is pretty minor. Life's good. I live in one of the richest countries in the world with one of the highest standards of living anywhere... what is there to complain about today? I'll go back to complaining tomorrow... till then...

Gratuitous Hot Chick



AND when did Hilary Duff start to look like this????
(maybe I am getting old..)

EDIT- just wanted to explain a little more why knowing I'm about 1/2 way through life doesn't bother me.

Too many people NEVER think about their mortality. They think they are going to live to be 100, 150, 200 or medical science will "cure all" in their lifetime, or just never think they are going to die at all. Of course we all know we are gonna die, but most the population is in denial about it til it happens or till it's about to happen, and honestly, anyone could die at anytime. I might die by the end of the day. Who knows? Car accidents happen all the time.

Isn't this a negative way to go through life? Not by a long shot! If everyday is looked at as it might be your last chance you don't waste it. Too many people live life like a university course. They slide through it wasting time and dicking around til the night before the big test when they panic, try to read the whole text book and end up getting a 55% on their exam. The clear analogy is people going through life wasting the time they have on things that aren't important and that really don't make them happy, till someone tells them they have cancer or are terminally ill or are hospitalised and they start trying to cram everything they wanted to do out of life into the time they have left.

I woke up today and told myself, "I'm 35 and this might be my last day alive, my last day with my family, my last day to do what I want to do, I'm not going to waste it..." I tell myself this EVERYDAY. Try it for a week and you'll be surprised how you stop wasting time on things that mean nothing.