Amanda the Great by Amanda El-Dweek for July 12, 2021

Contemplating the odometer naval gets you nowhere. You are more likely temporarily plateauing, not just be getting started peaking.

I’m looking 59 in the face

It’s looking back and it isn’t pretty

This is one of those questions that requires a nap.

Consider: you ain’t finished yet.

No you haven’t peaked

You get better, with age, kid! And some of us just get crankier!

This year I think I should decide what I want to be when I grow up. I just turned 67.

Midlife existential crisis.

Most people don’t do anything great or brilliant with their life. You are out there doing more than most.

I think of it as, “Woo hoo! I got this far!”. Not everyone is so lucky.

You do not know a time before moon walks, Star Trek, Star Wars or Zippy the Pinhead.

Two words: Grandma Moses.

It’s my birthday today and I’m 71. I am still asking those same questions, Amanda!

I think the answer to the question in the last panel is an unequivocal yes.