Inflexibility – older people tend to become inflexible and not listen carefully.
I guess after you see a lot of things happening in life, there’s no more „this is the first time I…”, there’s more courage „I know I’m worthwhile”, there’s less caring „I don’t care what people think”.
The biggest problem is, in my opinion, the lack of flexibility. „I know what’s right, and I don’t care what others think of it”.
There’s also the counter-balance – when you are older, you might actually gain some flexibility. This is the opposite of what I said earlier.
Paradoxically, when you are young you have principles and values, but also inflections; at a certain age, you can accept some things more easily.
I guess it varies – you become more flexible in certain areas, less flexible in others.
