Page 21 - Masala Lite Issue 159 March 2024

ANAND KUNKUDATHARN MARISA SETHI KHANIJAON
44 years old 37 years old

When you turn 40, you don’t notice much When I turned 30, I remember distinctly
of a drastic change. Your likings tend to that my body started taking a toll on
change a bit; for example, whereas before, me; it was like my whole body started
listening to loud music in a crowded area screaming for help. As a makeup artist,
was enjoyable, now being in a quieter there is a lot of travelling involved, so
space that allows for conversation is you don’t have much of a routine for
preferred. In social gatherings, I found eating or exercising, or having a healthy
myself sticking to my own comfort zone. lifestyle. I have an autoimmune disorder
I don’t mind making new friends, but I that makes this even more difficult, as it
prefer to hang around those I am close depletes me completely. After I turned
to and am comfortable with. 30, it changed me completely. This was

Family, of course, comes into play as the when I realised that I can’t take my health
kids are growing up. We need to give lightly anymore. The lifestyle I have to
them more time, which has nothing to live as a makeup artist was not ideal with
do with our age, but rather theirs. A close the condition that I had. I started trying
friend of mine likes to say that we are a to balance my life in a more responsible
part of the sandwich generation. We used way.

to listen to our parents, and now, we are At one point in my early 30s, I was a
listening to our kids instead of our kids social butterfly. I was in six ‘shares’
listening to us. and 10 ‘crowds,’ and I was literally

I’ve been told that when you turn 40, everywhere. Now that I am in my late 30s,
your body goes through so many changes. my perspective on this has completely
Everything takes a little longer and is changed. If you have many friends, you
a little slower. Indeed, I did notice this are in trouble. It’s not a sign that you
happening to my body. When I eat are popular, but rather that you are
something and if it doesn’t suit me, my careless. The reason I believe this to be
body will react. The discomfort lingers true is because as you grow and as your
a little longer than when I was in my values change, the people you choose
20s or 30s and there is indigestion that to surround yourself with also naturally
I suddenly have to put up with. change. Social circles grow smaller, and
instead of focusing on quantity, the
For me, these were the main differences focus shifts to quality. The importance
after turning 40; the social priorities and of having people of values and standards
what we consume. Other than this, I surrounding you becomes so important, and it’s imperative to have people who talk
would say that you can still enjoy life as good of you both in front of your face as well as behind your back.
if you were in your 30s!
Women today are all working and busy, and need to prioritise. In today’s world, many
women are having babies in their 30s, so that in itself takes a huge toll on the body.
The 30s changed me, and I look forward to seeing what will happen in my 40s!.

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