The variance of aging rates is not surprising.

I’m 39. People generally estimate my age especially if I am well-rested and not stressed as 28-30.

A friend of mine from a long time ago was in her mid-30s when I first met her, when I was 19. I thought she was 22 or 23. Perhaps as young as 19. She’d never had any plastic surgery. Just naturally youthful-looking. I literally could not believe it when she told me she was 36. She pulled out her driver’s license and proved it. She was carded every single time when buying alcohol into her 40s (when I lost touch with her). Even then she didn’t look older than 24 or so.

And some of the people I grew up with in North Florida who are same age as I am look to be in their late 50s or 60s. Some of them have been ravaged by drugs which likely accelerate aging but some of them just look incredibly old.

It’s amazing the variation.

I’ll never be mistaken for Brad Pitt, but I’m very glad I’m likely to stay pretty youthful-looking into my 60s.