Getting older is...

... realising the rest of the world is just full of kids who are older than you.
... finding that everyone else is winging it too
... when you start having to buy the presents
... an excuse for a party
... not needing an excuse for a party
... working out the answer to problems you had when you were younger
... realising that you can't do anything about it now
... promising yourself you'll pass your knowledge on to your kids
... having kids appear in your thoughts
... living your life around 12 key days
... when the money you made in the last 10 years wouldn't last 10 weeks now
... starting to look forward to looking back
... looking back and realising you have a lot to look back on
... forgetting more than you know
... when you've lost enough people to really treasure the ones you have
... what I'm doing today.