What happens in your 40s as a SEA person born in the West

You go inward.

40 is a ugly number.

Then 41 comes along. You think you are still young.

Then 42 years old means you are long gone.

Just wait and things will change for you.

Age is the thing for people born in the West.

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I was born in 1984.

My parents came on the boat in 1979.

The leader of the family siblings is my older brother William born in 1980.

I am following and collaborating and supporting the leader. I am the middle child (3/4) and having the time of my life working with my older brother.