Where have all the GOOD times gone?

"Golden years" it depend on how everyone define it. but on my current status. i think my "golden year" are those when i was still a child all the way to my school days. those are the years i think is the best. but now we got to think if we will have enough money to use for tomolo and other stuff in our head that we will have to worry about may it be money, family, job, your boss/business" any thing you need it but there is alway an element of "fun" in everything we do. so if you find that element and "Bang" your life should be much better then before

It isn't you, times are always changing, sometimes for the better, (technology) and sometimes for the worse, (hectic lifestyle).. Don't know what your beliefs are, but in the Bible, it does say about how things will be and I am seeing it come to pass..

I believe what you are experiencing is very normal. We have kids and the demands are tremendous. We have little free time to sit and do absolutely nothing. The brain and body feel overworked and tired. Life gets better with age, as a rule. What I observed over the years is there are changes about every decade. Twenty was a blast, thirty I had 2 children, forty I had 3 children and 2 dogs, fifty I had 3 children, 2 dogs and a cat. Here I am at sixty and looking back, now are the easy years. Our kids are grown and we have grandchildren. Medical conditions change they go along with age but that's something we can do nothing about other than deal with things and try to keep healthy. I am at a point in my life where my time is my time. I can do nothing, watch television, work on crafts, sleep or go out and don't have to worry about a babysitter. For my age I am physically in good shape to move around like I did when younger. My job consists of standing on my feet. So I'm not physically limited. Your time will come when you can also enjoy the freedom you deserve. Have a good day, carolbee

I hear you and you know that I feel exactly the same way

I have had a lot of hard times and a lot of worries over the last few years too sweety but I try and pick out the good bits, enoy them and remember them often! I also stay positive that things will get better soon and stay that way for a while! Seize every moment of happiness you can sweety - you may as well as worrying won't make things better but smiling certainly can help make them feel that way! xxx

Life is truly hectic for many of us these days. I am glad that I have my faith that keeps me grounded. I go to church twice a week and that feeds me to help me through the rest of the week. If I didn't have this, I know I would allow myself to be depressed, with never having a moment to enjoy life. I work many hours just to pay the bills. But with my faith and my being fed at church it makes each day new, and able to carry on.

for me i have the golden years, your right everything is not easy , for the people who's working whole day we dont have already the ime of enjoying our self, just home work, work home, lot of changes in this world already even it not safe to all of us.

I mourn for the old days. I feel like somedays I will never get out of a depression, because my life is so complicated now. And then I find myself reminiscing about the simpler days.. and thinking to myself at the same time why the heck did I stress about the things that seem so trivial today?

Hi stephcjh. I know what you mean. We were all so absorbed with chasing our own rainbows that we just to forget to sit back, take 10 deep breathes and simply enjoy our surroundings. In my case, there's always this thing at the back of my mind that either I do it now or never. I guess, you can say, that I like to finish all I must do before reaching my golden years. It really depends on how your perceived "golden years." My idea of a golden years is seeing myself living in a small cottage, raise 10 bunnies, and silently applaud myself for all the accomplishments and failures I did in the past.

I'm still yet to start my productive years. I don't also know how I feel 25 years more.. Life is quite complicated as they say but as long we put our LOVE to rule in, we will enjoy every moment of it, with the people we care, we them that we love!

(Singing) "And I remember how things use to be...we can have it all again..." "And I...would give any moment...for those endless summer nights..."?? I know how you feel Steph. And don't worry I feel my own age and maturity kicking too, in my own unique way. At the very least we still have the memories and how we felt. And the future isn't that grim. There are plenty of other events to go through, good times to experience, and memories to make.

How sad a picture you paint, steph. We can't allow the negatives in life to outweigh the positives. There's a saying I heard that I'd like to share with you. It goes, "We don't stop laughing when we get older, we grow older when we stop laughing." I don't spend a lot of time worrying about things -- especially if there's not a bleeping thing I can do about it. You can get your life back if you make that your choice and priority. Find joy in small corners. I don't know about the golden years. I think they could just be whatever we choose to make of them -- both good and bad. I'm going to be as happy as I can be one day at a time.

you are right to feel this way but i must tell you that it is not just finances that brought about all the stress we experience even technology is a problem,havent you noticed that the more technology try to make our lives simpler the more complicated it becomes?the more technological breakthrough we have the more disaster there is and all these are enough even life is no longer as safe as it use to be ,our lives have been turned into a stereo type of fast ,these ,fast that and almost everyone has been turned into a kind of zombie,we just have to consciously take back our lives

we have now entered the rat race, everybody is running here and there but dont know where, the complexity of life is getting deeper day by day despite being the fact that we claim to simplfy things on sceintific and research grounds. But the bare truth is that we are going away from natural life. our own mistakes are leading to disaters. we are playing with the nature, moral values, norms of society.

Hey, Steph! I think you're really feeling it because you're at the peak years of family labor, if that makes sense. As your kids move through their school years, there's just SO much STUFF that has to be dealt with, it's a wonder you have time to breathe! Plus, these are uncertain times for our society, too. It's hard to work up a good party hearty when you're worried about job security, fast-rising prices, etc, etc. Keep in mind that, in order to have truly "Golden" years, you have to lay the foundation for them now. Pay a bit of attention to your health, keep putting pennies in the piggy bank, pay off your house. You have a long way to go yet, but the time will fly. Keep your "eyes on the prize", and you will get to enjoy your life a lot more once your household is just the two of you again. Remember too that life is cyclic. Tough times may grind on, but they will come to an end. Knowing there will be good times again is one of the things that keeps me passing the open windows! Be well, big hugs!

Don't worry so much friend.take time out of your busy schedule to enjoy.For even before you will know life will go out of your hands.

I think that one of the big things, is people never slow down. I mean it's amazing how people never stop, even for two minutes. I think that we miss so much by being in a tremendous hurry, and sometimes with nowhere that has to be gotten to in such a hurry.