I think everyone secretly believes if they do all the right exercises and eat all the right things and take all the right supplements...aging will somehow skip them. I used to feel a little smug throughout my 40s, if I'm being honest, about how well I was doing. Magical thinking is a great drug. I really believed I was going to have *zero* aging-related issues until "maybe 70." I wish so much of my actual aging thus far didn't involve me repeatedly realizing how big of a nincompoop I can be.