Getting Old At this first semester of the year, one of the subjects I studied at the university was middle age and ageing. I have to admit that after every class I went home feeling down. It's difficult to think about getting old and eventually dying, even though the only thing I'm sure about my life is that I'm going to die. But we, humans beings, never stop to think about death. Besides that, one thing was very eye-opening for me. I used to think I had to do everything I want in my life while I'm young because when I get older, I won't be able to do anything else. Getting old used to mean the end of a meaningful life for me. But in those classes, I realized that people can still do amazing things when they're old, and sometimes they do a lot more than when they were young. I watched a video of a 90-year-old lady that travel the world all by herself! Acknowledging that was life-changing for me because now I can take all this pressure off my shoulders that I have to do everything in my youth.