Linda Melone
Nov 6 · 5 min read

And why time seems to speed up as we age

A gym friend once told me he’d been depressed since his 60th birthday because “That’s the age when you’re officially old.”

Thanks for that, I thought to myself as I was also rounding the same corner within the year.

Then it happened. I turned 60.

Wait, what?

  • Wasn’t I just rockin’ out to an Aerosmith concert a few years ago?

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Linda Melone

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Certified trainer, award winning writer/blogger, former pastry chef mending my chocolate-filled past

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