Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, and Kurt Cobain.
It is universally acknowledged that these are people who all died young.
You have not quite reached the age they were when they died, therefore, you ain’t anywhere near creeping up on “old.”
More to the point, there are pretty good odds that only that last made much of a dent on your consciousness. It’ll be a while yet before the dampness behind your ears evaporates entirely.
Still more to the point, I’m old enough to be your father, and I’M NOT OLD, so enough with the impertinent questions, already.
Still, I would be sad to lose that wide-eyed sense of wonder that young people possess. Like, you know, your future and your world are amorphous and full of possibilities at the moment. I feel that as you get older, they sort of take shape and have a sense of finality about them. Reality tends to expedite that process. Blech.