Is it normal to feel like life is generally just less enjoyable the older you get? I don't sleep as well as I used to. I have to work harder and harder to stay in shape. My kids are growing up and becoming independent and I'll start seeing them less and less. Work is busier than ever and I'm very lucky to have a great job, but I don't look forward to 20+ more years just to have enough retirement to live. My parents are getting more old and feeble, they'll need more and more help in the next 10 years etc, etc.