I think "aging gracefully" must have been said in irony. I don't think anyone can age gracefully. Think back of when you grew old from a wailing baby to a toddling toddler. How is it graceful when one minute you are lying peacefully on a bed and the next year you are clumsily falling all over the place? So no, there is no aging gracefully. Growing old, though, is something no one can help.
So here, this is how you know you've grown old. From a teenage young lady to a 20 year old with eye rings so dark it looks like jiggly puff could have drawn it in a fit of anger. That, by the way, is one of my favorite pokemons. And now, on to the list:
1) You know you've reached the next stage of your life when making plans with friends is never spontaneous anymore. There is no more "HEY LET'S MEET UP TOMORROW!!!11". It's always... "Hey, are you free next month?" Because no one is free enough for spontaneity anymore. And if anyone has anytime tomorrow, it's always making time for sleep. True Story.
2) You know you've grown old when sleeping late is just not cool anymore. Do you remember when sleeping at 5am was once the coolest thing on Earth? When you've reached your 20s', you are going to realize that all these sleeping at 5am was the worst shit you could have ever put your body through. Cuz your body is going to protest in the form of aches and extreme exhaustion.
3) You know you've successfully aged when there's no longer teenage angst. Instead, in its place, is a deep hollow that you don't seem to be able to fill until god knows when.
And I'll continue this post when my heart feels like it can take it.
