courtesy of Allen James (@pastoraj) here is a nice list of ten of the benefits of getting a bit older.
here are the first two to get you started, but click through and read them all:
I am less concerned about impressing others. I probably wasn’t that impressive anyway, but now I don’t care as much to try. I get to act more out of experience now, having often “been there and done that.”
I especially like 8 and 9