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View Poll Results: How young are you?
0 - 18 72 9.39%
18 - 23 213 27.77%
24 - 28 176 22.95%
29 - 35 125 16.30%
36 - 40 57 7.43%
41 - 45 37 4.82%
46 - 50 34 4.43%
51 - 55 25 3.26%
56 - 65 26 3.39%
65+ or I'm young at heart 2 0.26%
Voters: 767. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-09-2006, 04:16 AM
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Is nobody else having a midlife crisis?
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I'm 37, however feels myself younger as 25
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Old 11-10-2006, 12:22 AM
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I will be 27 on the 20th.
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Is nobody else having a midlife crisis?

Can you have one at 27??? I'm in process of divorce and having a very rough time right now. Or is this just the "oh crap I've been stupid" phase???
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I'm 35, which is actually pretty young to working in this field. Most of the popular writers and speakers in the field are in their 50s and beyond.
Age is a state of mind...

I am 37 and a half!
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I will be 63 Nov. 28. The earlier comments about growing up in a world of computers grabbed by attention. I worked on my first computer in 1965 at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. I was 21 at the time. It was a Control Data 7600 that took up a large, very air conditioned room.
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hi, i am 23.

this is my first post
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Thirty-seven
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I'm 25. It's great to see so many young people interested in personal development. We are all going to live great lives and make the world a better place.
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At least I've read them all!

I am 24, and here I feel like if age doesn't really matters, like someone pointed out before. I'm happy to find this blog, that makes me think so much about things I've been procrastinating for so many long. It's like breathing fresh air!

This forum is promising. Regards to you all.
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I'm 21 and also surprised at how many people my age there are here!
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I'm 35
You could pass for younger
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I'm 21 and also surprised at how many people my age there are here!
Same here!
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tylersch said: Age of members (poll)
Well, I think I made a poll before, and you couldn't edit the poll options, so maybe this will just have to be, unless a mod or admin could take care of this. I know that if 'I' was 18 I would have definitely voted on the former poll option instead of the latter , then it would be concluded that I could be 5 year old instead of 23. Heh, whatever...
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I have just joined today and I am in one on the minority groups. Do I care ? No. Each of us is part of the Human Race and we all have, in varieing degrees to face the same problems whatever our age. The only draw back is that the older one is, the less time there is, to enjoy what ever we choose to manifest in our lives. Also being older means less responsibility towards ones children and that is kind of nice.
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Well...I'm 36, which as I'm sure you've all heard is the new 26. So I've decided to relive my late 20's and do it right this time!
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I'm 30 -- scratch that. Today's my b-day so now I'm 31. It feels strange writing that. 31? Me?

First post too! And these forums are great.
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I'm 33.

Delighted that there are so many people getting into this stuff relatively early in life. I did start reading PD books in my early 20s, but it took some heavy duty experiences in my life to really galvanise me to challenge my thinking and put my firmly on the path.
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The poll asks "How young are you?", instead of "How old are you?". Little thing, but quite neat. IMO.
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Wow... I'm 20 and I was sure I'd be one of the youngest here. Guess I'm not as strange as I thought
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I'm 30 -- scratch that. Today's my b-day so now I'm 31. It feels strange writing that. 31? Me?

First post too! And these forums are great.
Happy Birthday!
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Default Wow! Now I really Feel Old!

Yikes! Look at the bottom of the poll -- see that number "1" after the 65+? That's me!!

I hope it's okay for an elder to be among all you folks just getting started in life. (Well, if nothing else, maybe I can help to keep you all in line!! )

Now, I'll grab my cane and hobble out of here.

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I will be 63 Nov. 28. The earlier comments about growing up in a world of computers grabbed by attention. I worked on my first computer in 1965 at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. I was 21 at the time. It was a Control Data 7600 that took up a large, very air conditioned room.
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I have just joined today and I am in one on the minority groups. Do I care ? No. Each of us is part of the Human Race and we all have, in varieing degrees to face the same problems whatever our age. The only draw back is that the older one is, the less time there is, to enjoy what ever we choose to manifest in our lives. Also being older means less responsibility towards ones children and that is kind of nice.
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Yikes! Look at the bottom of the poll -- see that number "1" after the 65+? That's me!!

I hope it's okay for an elder to be among all you folks just getting started in life. (Well, if nothing else, maybe I can help to keep you all in line!! )

Now, I'll grab my cane and hobble out of here.

Shanti,

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Hey welcome ! Steve maybe you could pass for older just as well, just depends on what you're lookin' for (or what someone else is )

I doubt you're using a cane, youcould2 or if you are physically that's cool, listen to "An Englishman in New York" by Sting. You're evidently not needing one for your mind and spirit any more than anyone of any age.

You're as young as you feel, you're as young as you feel inside (Gracie Slick--sounds even better in song than just in words )

I've thought of the pros and cons of starting a group sometime of people in a particular age group (40 and over?? etc.) Not sure we'd want to because I love the interchange without age in mind. I guess if we could really make sure we focused both ways (age oriented to explore some of this midlife stuff AS WELL AS general "age blind" participation in the rest of the forum), it wouldn't detract to start such a group. Whaddyathink?

-----and BTW, youcould2, I think we're "middle aged" til we're over the edge and then what---

all best to all


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