Getting old has always been bad, but COVID paused most people’s mental calendars for about three years so the kicks hurt worse. “Oh that was six… no that was a decade ago. Fuuuck.”
It really has, to the point where I just want a refund on those years. Just give them back. But then you realize that everybody had to go through that. For me, at least, it may be because there's is literally no part of that experience that I want to revisit or validate.