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I’m over 40, who would want to hire me?
The right people would
As I approach the big 4 0, a few comments have started flying around the past few years, mostly amongst my male peers. Words and phrases I hadn’t heard for a long time, perhaps since our teenage days, and even then they were few and far between.
Words of doubt and fear, of worry and weariness, of the same message that their value has shrunk to nothing.
Most of the time connected to work, but sometimes creeping into other areas too.
No more Mr Invincible
It’s at this age we begin to see a few of our vulnerabilities. The hangovers were getting worse and worse around a decade ago, as parts of our body were already telling us that they’d had enough of a misspent (or usual) adolescence and early adulthood.
Suddenly the hangover is no longer linked to drink though, as aches and pains you remember your parents moaning about are now prevalent in your movement. Not as many as your parents have now thankfully, but a few creaks, clicks and that sharp oohf remind you reality has caught up and that your invincible twenty something body is a thing of a past.
You might still be hitting the gym, playing team sports and hiking but you can’t escape that some things take that little bit…
