Is the current line of thinking that getting old is all in the mind?
I would still argue the point that 'responsibility' causes aging or, at least, it causes you to consider the aging process. Perhaps another word for 'responsibility' is stress and I certainly feel more stressed as I get older (bearing in mind that I now have a daughter).
There is no doubt that some people physically age better than others; unfortunately for me, I have always looked older than I actually am - with work pressures and family pressures contributing to my current haggard visage. I am still more interested in why my attitudes are changing as I grow older. Perhaps my own experience of a lot of things has changed my attitude. Nowadays I second guess myself sometimes, for example, when I see a young person driving quickly, I think - they are mad; but then I have the thought, 'I used to do that'. Very hypocritical of me to think that.
Am I wrong?
Richard