Originally posted by: Trygve
Originally posted by: cucumber
I like your outlook. When you're within a couple years, if you can still hold this point of view you'd be far ahead of most poeple. I know many (not to mention myself) that are aproaching 30, and not taking it too well.
All I can really say is party and have as much fun as you can now. Once you start getting closer to being a real actual adult, things just aren't as fun anymore. You'll try to party, and you won't enjoy it. Then when you're sitting around not doing much you'll miss partying.
I'm at that age where doing young stuff no longer pleases me, but I'm not quite ready to settle down, so I'm kind of in no man's land.
Hmmm...hasn't seemed like my tastes have changed that much over the years. One change I did notice when I hit 30 was that it struck me that I pretty much never felt sore the next day any more, no matter what I did physically. Around 35 was interesting physically, because all of my old injuries (knee problems, damaged nerves where I'd had my ankle rebuilt, etc.) all spontaneously healed up while I wasn't paying attention. Can't say that I noticed any obvious physical changes when I passed 40, though. Guess we'll see what comes next.
Hell. You have it kind of good. It's good to hear you're feeling better than before though. I've always thought it would go the other way and any little injuries etc.. will start to haunt you more.
I've already built up a couple of injuries that now bother me more than before. Both of my right and left index fingers easily become dislocated in the middle joint. Old drumming injuries. I used sticks that were too heavy and I had bad technique. (marching band) My fingers would slowly dislocate during a night of playing. After long performances I could not play for weeks at a time. I've corrected my technique in recent years, but the damage was done.
Then there's my right knee. I play drumset mostly now, and the shock from pounding the bass pedal trashes my knee. There's not much I can do about this one though. It's a rare thing, but those who have this problem don't have any way out other than to stop playing.