If you’ve ever been startled by your age, worry you’re already running out of time, or wonder if you’re a tad time Obsessed, this one’s for you. It is with heavy heart that I announce the passing of time… I turned 45 recently… this has brought some interesting feelings to the surface. I remember being excited to turn 30, and less so – but excited still – to turn 40. These are milestone birthdays and I met them head on. I wanted to celebrate and explore what lay ahead. However, I wasn’t expecting what 45 brought. It seemed to me that each of these beautiful round numbers brought an even better decade than the one before it and I thought my 40’s would have the same momentum. Then it started to sink in. I’m 45, likely at the centre of my life span – if I’m lucky. Already time obsessed and a bit of a control freak, this unsettled me. If I do live until 90, I’ll have 45 years ahead of me, why freak out now? But the part that really shook me up was how fast the first 45 flew by, especially the last ten and it feeling […]

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