I came across a survey on social media: “What is the best part of getting older?” Here is my synthesis of the 2,700 responses.
What strikes me most is how consistent the themes are. Beneath the humor, sarcasm, and jokes about naps, senior discounts, and “not being dead yet,” a surprisingly coherent philosophy of aging emerges from these responses.
I was curious, so I distilled the thousands of comments into a handful of core ideas; here is what I found:
