Andrew J Orchard
Stories (3/0)
Live for now? How?
For years some of the people closest to me have tirelessly pushed the theory that I could cure all my mental ills by 'simply' being mindful, more present in the moment and living for now. I've got myself into some quite emotional and often heated discussions about how I 'simply' cannot do that.
By Andrew J Orchard2 years ago in Psyche
What does middle age feel like?
When is middle age these days? When I was a child my grandad was the age I am now and he seemed as old as the hills. He was a monolith of wisdom and stability, someone to look up to who knew everything about everything. My parents were only in their thirties yet to me they seemed really old. I was always told that middle age started around fifty but that never made any sense to me. If we live on average till we’re eighty years old then surely middle age should be forty?
By Andrew J Orchard2 years ago in Humans