How old are you?

I'm 71 for god's sake! How old are some of you other old geezers. This is my first NaNo ex[perience....let's hope my creative faculties haven't atrophied. I'm about to find out I guess.

According to my birth certificate, I'm 63. On sunny autumn days when the leaves are raked up into piles that invite me to jump into them, my mind is only 9 or 10. However, my joints, especially after raking up all those leaves, insist that I'm closer to 90 or so.

Turned 60 in June and had a massive heart attack 3 wks later! Bad family genes. Now, I'm trying to behave, and have a new lease on life.

54 pushing 55. I'm telling my youngest son that I really do remember learning some of that algebra stuff...forty years ago...

50, turning 51 on Wednesday.

I'm three months away from 75. Alirtie, there are no age limits on creativity. I won my last two NaNos, have written and published two novels in the last year, and am revising and editing last year's NaNo novel.

Just pace yourself. It's easy to burn out by the second week if you're not careful. My first successful year nearly killed me, but last year was fairly relaxed.

57, turning 58 in December. One nice thing about fields like writing is that there is no upper age limit, and no one can force you to retire.

I was 75 on June 9. Most of the time I feel like I'm 35 or like Reey, above, maybe 90. I did NaNo in '07 and won then I finally had to see a doctor. Had not done that for about 25 years. Now they have me taking pills for this and that and I think the meds are taking the edge off my imagination. I don't have the same drive to "get it done". But I'm just stubborn enough to keep trying.

I'm 62. I started out fine in 09 and 10. But November seems a bad month for me. In November 09 I wound up in hospital to have emergency gallbladder surgery. Very little writing done. November 10 saw me back in hospital for another emergency - a stress test and angiogram resulted. A little more writing done, but still didn't win.

This year I am starting on a new project and, by gum, November ain't getting a piece of me this year!

I turned 58 in August. That's my chronological age. The mental age varies according to what side of the bed I got out on, who I have to interact with, whether I remember my pills, the weather, if my computer is performing well, my grandchildren are visiting, et cetera. Let's just call it a lucky dip...

Yeah, mentally I feel like I'm somewhere between 32 and 42. My left knee seems convinced that it's a nonagenarian, though.

I think somewhere else I posted that I don't think of myself as a geezer. It conjures up images for me of a cranky old lady sitting in a rocking chair that absolutely no one can ever make her happy or smile. Well, that's not me. I do have my cranky old days, but luckily my husband who is never cranky can snap me out of it.
Anyway, I'm 57, but I can't really believe I'm that old. After all in court your birthday is technicall hearsay evidence. I feel somewhere between 18 and 30. But I'm proud to say I'm 57, in good health and hopefully lots of years ahead of me. My inspiration, I think, for really getting serious about my writing I think comes from Michener. I think I remember somewhere he started writing when he was in his 50s. So the way I see it, I have another 50 years to become a best seller author and hit a talk show pitching my book.

Knocking on the door of 64---it comes on the 14th. Funny I still feel about 35....

Funny, isn't it? I remember my dad at 76 sitting at our dining room table with his head in his hands mumbling, "In my head I'm only 22." I now know how he felt.

Fifty-six and counting. This is my fifth year with Nanowrimo, and while I haven't "won" yet, three of the four years I ended up with a story that I went on to publish. Yay! This year I'm determined to get all the way to 50,000 words. Good luck to all of us "fogies" (as my father would say) and happy writing!

I’m 65. Whee, I can’t believe it. I haven’t mastered youth yet. I keep waiting for that wisdom that is supposed to come with age but it still eludes me. Shouldn’t I know by this point what I want to be when I grow up? So, while I’m waiting for insight I’m going to join for a second NaNo.

I'll be 55 in about three weeks. My vet informed me that my dog is now 70 in dog years and then said he's 40 years older than me! Ha! He was probably just working his customer relations schtick but I'll take it anyway!

Sneaking in early here...49. But gonna be 50 soon. Within a year anyway :-)

56 here. And I feel it most days. This year I had a colonoscopy, a basil cell cancer removed, some teeth pulled and the doc is testiing my thyroid. Need cortazone shots in both knees. Growing old ain't for sissys. Luckily I can still write. ;-)

I turn 50 on Monday. I feel 50. But not when I'm writing. I'm timeless and ageless then, just like my story. Looking forward to this year's NaNo I'm going to win