how is life at 40years?

Nothing changed I can tell you. Every day is the same. I think this also depends on your life style. If your children are already grown up and you can start a live of your own (which I could have if my youngest 2 were not born) of you still have little children (like me). Might be once 40 was about half of your life. Now it is not anymore since people (esp. women) get way older as 80. Imagine.. you are 40 and not at 50% of your life yet. Over here we have to work till we are 72 or 74... (although I doubt you still have a job till that age) .. so less time left over to have a life of your own.

I am close to being 30 and I thought that was old. But reading your discussions and the comments make me realize that age is really just a number. I wouldn't have thought people's age by reading discussions in mylot because most of us somehow think the same way. It's kinda refreshing. I hope I can reach 40 and be as happy as you are. I think I have to watch my health if I want to live long!

i think this is because by 40, people expect to have established careers and enough money to enjoy their life. sad to say for a lot of people this is not the case

I will say life at 40 is the life of lots of dreams and responsibilities. Dream in a sense about making your career may be in business or job, to have your own house, car etc. And responsibilities in a sense to look after your children studies and other needs plus to see that you keep your family happy and how to keep them happy. Actually there are lots many things steps in our life once we reach at 40 but I cannot mentioned it to you here because it will very big list.

There is a very famous saying. "Youth is blunder, manhood a struggle, and old age is a regret".

There are so many things people have to understand the meaning of "life begins at 40". The positive side are: when people become stable in their jobs, start earning higher pay and setting aside extra money for savings and enjoyment. This is true and applicable only to ordinary people. Rich families do not experience this and they don't care. For ordinary people, the meaning of life begins at 40 is enjoyment and happiness "BUT", though financially stable, in real world, most people and parents are also experiencing lots of problems after 40. Some people after 40, start to feel the agony of their hard works (sicknesses/illnesses coming out and/or loneliness in life).