Read This If You Feel Old (An Essay)

November 03, 2025 in Essays, Aging, Convos, Health, Long

After finding out my age…

Her: “You look so young.”

Me: “I *am* young.”

And I’m not accelerating the aging process like many of those around me.

Listen.

The universe is ‘old’.

Humans, regardless of their age / lifespan,

are just babies in the big scheme of things.

We are here only for a blip even if we make it far into ‘old age’.

50… 75… 100…

Still fresh.

Still new.

Still in our true prime.

Even as our form shifts over time, like all physical things do.

Still ageless, timeless, eternal and everlasting.

Unless of course you’re not keeping current with yourself.

And you’ve got a fuckton of matter weighing you down.

And you’re buying into the societal bullshit of what it means to age.

And you’ve been neglecting your true work and your body for eons.

Then of course you will feel ‘old’ and you will look much older than you should and you will move far less freely than you’re actually capable of — just like the masses.

And of course you’ll fear aging (like this gal does), and death by proxy, because you haven’t been doing what you’re supposed to be doing as a functioning human:

cleaning up your shit and taking full responsibility for every aspect of your life, including the state of your body and the illusions you have around form.

And more and worse of what you’ve currently got going on (when what you’ve got going on is based on limitation; both perceived and real) would scare anybody.

So if you haven’t prioritized yourself, the deep work, your health and your body yet,

get crackin’.

And start with going carnivore (or at the very least, keto) and The Power of Mobility.

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Before You Get Work Done (An Essay)

November 03, 2025 in Essays, Aging, Convos, Long

I was chatting with a hottie at the club who is the same age as me.

And she shared how much she hates / fears getting older,

which was evident regardless of her sharing that.

And she shared about the work she has gotten done (and more that she still wants to do),

which was evident regardless of her sharing that.

And while I’m not opposed at all to people doing exactly what they want to do to, and with, their bodies…

(because I certainly intend to get ‘work’ done in the future — not botox or implants, mind you, because I don’t want that in my body…

and not because I think I ‘need’ it… (I simply want it, and I’ve known for years exactly what I want)

and I will have no problem sharing that process if and when I do it — because you already know I could care less what you or anyone else would think of that)

you can tell the difference between someone getting work done in an attempt to ‘hold on’ to something they perceive is fading — which is fear / illusion / compensation based…

and someone getting work done for the fun of it,

and just because that’s the next true step that reflects the vision of themselves they want to step into.

And if you have the means and the desire to shape your vessel in any way you like, and in a way that feels safe and perfect for you, go for it.

It’s only a body.

And it will (re)turn back to nothing soon enough.

But…

Getting work done won’t quell the noise if the noise is what’s driving you to get it done.

Just like more money won’t solve your money problems.

Because money problems aren’t about money.

And the compensatory drive to change your appearance is not about your looks / your body / the aging process, either.

The noise has nothing to do with those things.

And you need to do the work to see through the bullshit of that so that if and when you do choose to enhance your vessel, it can look and feel natural / completely accurate on you (even if it looks artificial), because it’s a true reflection of you and the vision you want to step into; not an attempt to ‘fix’ what you’ve yet to address internally by ‘fixing’ something externally.

Not the vibe.

And…

If you are someone that judges people who get work done,

then that is the noise you need to contend with and see through.

Because your judgement is not about other people getting work done.

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November 03, 2025 in Mandy Bites, Aging

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Q: “How old are you?” A: Ageless, timeless, eternal and everlasting.
You’re supposed to get better with age; not worse.
Never better. Always better.
I am always in my prime.
The glow up is infinite when you keep current with yourself.
If you’re not getting hotter by the day, you’re doing it wrong.
It’s only a body. And it will (re)turn to nothing soon enough.
I’d feel afraid, too, if I wasn’t in charge of myself.
Your story about it is not the truth of IT.
Resisting aging ages you.
The energy of ‘fighting against’ is more disruptive and detrimental to your system than the thing you’re fighting against.
It’s not that you slow down the aging process when you exist naturally. It’s that you accelerate the aging process when you don’t.
I haven’t lost my magic. And that’s how I know I’ve won.
I don’t care how it appears. I know what’s going on.
The greatest cosmic joke is that we take any of this shit seriously.
Anything you rely on will be stripped from you. You may as well strip yourself.
Death is nothing more than dropping form and remaining formless.
Everything makes you more. Regardless of what you’ve ‘lost’.
If you only have it because you’re holding on, you don’t have IT. It has you.
anchored and untethered
The truth of now voids the story of then.
Heaven is being exactly who and where you are.
Follow yourself to get to heaven.
Less you. More YOU.
The more you see through, the less interest you have in what you see.
Here, right now, is the only place that's true.
Everything you’re aiming for is just to be here now.
It’s supposed to feel like this → ☁️ ☁️ ☁️
Getting work done won’t quell the noise if the noise is what’s driving you to get it done.
The compensatory drive to change your appearance is not about your looks / your body / the aging process.
You can tell the difference between someone getting work done in an attempt to ‘hold on’ to something they perceive is fading (which is fear / illusion / compensation based), and someone getting work done for the fun of it, and simply because that’s the next true step that reflects the vision of themselves they want to step into.