Nifty Nifty Look Who's 50!

For a while now I have been looking and watching how the older crowd/ middle age group interact with each other and deal with things. Not to sound creepy or anything lol but watching them and listening to the things they say is actually really interesting. Seriously, just watch how the couples who are married for 20+ years talk and such. They are so comfortable in each other's presence and in the presence of other people. It's really cool!

On the less creepier note, one of the courses I took this term is Lifespan Process. The course looks at how people change and develop over time socially and psychologically from childhood to old age. it also looks at how in general people deal with stressors and difficulties in life. And from what I learned in the course is that people who are in their 50's have more success in dealing with life's difficulties compared to adolescence and young adults. According to research, those in their 50's are more confident in their self identity, knows their limitations and weaknesses, tends volunteer and help out more, and tends to think more seriously about what they should do with the time they have left. Most of it is because of the experience, achievement/ success, and resources they accumulated over the years. This all sounds so amazing and exciting! But keep in mind that all of this also depends on a lot of uncontrollable external factors.

However, watching this season's Survivor made me think even more about and reaffirmed the things I learned about the middle age. If you don't already know this, this season, they divided up the team according to people's age and did a old vs. young thing. Anyways, they merged now and there are three older people left. But as you watch, the two older women (Jane[56] and Holly [44])are actually the strongest players in the entire game. Lol Jane actually beat all the youngest and strongest guys in a lot of the individual challenges, endurance challenges. Many of the things I learned about middle age people in the course are found in Jane in Holly. The thing about them is that they are so comfortable and confident in their skin that they'll go the extra mile to help their teammates even though they are their competition (well of course there's $1million involved lol) But still, on many occasions, they just suck it up and treat things like they're a piece of cake while all the younger people whine, moan, complain, and be reckless, stupid, and selfish. I really hope one of ladies wins. =D

So why am I writing about this? I'm just pretty impressed by the things that our parents and other older people do. And I can't wait till I'm a nifty 50 year old ;P I really can't wait =D