Steve,

Welcome to Fifty! I have been here for about six months, and I am finding that, offsetting the surreal sense of no longer being even close to young, I am excited about having survived so much, for so long-- I am also delighted by the fact that the world has changed a lot, and instead of being full of older people telling me what I should do, it is full of younger people, some who actually ask me what they should do--

On the musical side, when I was younger, people tended to dismiss me as just another kid with a guitar, without having any idea whether I was any good or not, now, I find that everyone takes me seriously, without having any idea whether I am any good or not--

Anyway, nothing really changed when I turned Fifty, which was the big surprised--I hope it's good for you, too!!