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Things You Forget That Improve With Age
3 min readJul 15, 2024
- Love — You not only learn more about what you need and want, but also what you can give and what things to watch out for within yourself. All of this makes romance a lot more stable, as long as both parties invest.
- Experiences — Given that you are working full time, that you may have a family and a limited amount of money, the experiences you chose to make become a lot more valuable. This either means you only invest into things that are truly worth it or invest yourself fully in the things you do decide to spend time on, for you have only so much time left to give.
- Gratitude — Due to the conscious approach with experiences, the experiences tend to matter a lot more, making you more grateful for the time you spend. The closer you get to the end of your life the more this will increase (this may only happen very late in life, but is one of the general stages of dying).
- Sex — It is likely that you have had at least some sex as you grow older and, if you paid attention, you can have learned from it, making you more vocal about your wants, more able to fulfill the wants of your partner, and more appreciative on a deeper level than just the sexual urges.
- Self-Acceptance — By living through various experiences you will learn more about yourself, and given that you do not care as much about less important…
