Attaching an age range at which one should have "achieved and found" love and otherwise it's just over for you is just ridiculous!
If you're one of the lucky ones who are going to make it to their twilight years you still have DECADES of life before you in which you can find love, build something (relationships, experiences, raise a child/grandchildren/nieces & nephews etc, leave a mark)!
If you think 40 overall is old, not in relation to someone decades younger, you don't seem to have much vision for yourself and your life.
Heck, maybe anxiety and depression is getting to some of y'all which affects millions of people so maybe seeking therapy would be helpful?!
You don't need to have a mental illness to seek therapy and have a medical professional bound by provider - patient confidentiality to maybe help you sort some things out.
Some of the happiest people have said that what helped them become more satisfied on the inside is to find something bigger than yourself, something that doesn't necessarily makes you the focus, that you can be a part of that makes you purposeful.
Shifting your attention to others in need in various ways like volunteering, starting initiatives or organizations, having a career in a field that serves specific communities etc. are all ways in which you can be of service. You can extend that to helping/researching animals, conservation, climate change/environmental issues, human rights issues and the list goes on and on....
Being a part of a goal that's bigger than yourself and most likely can't be achieved without lots of work by many people in one lifetime gives you purpose that pretty much makes you feel more whole and fulfilled.
It also forces you to be connected with more people that you've probably never met before so you keep on learning and growing as a person and maybe even find someone you can halfway stand romantically, after all it's a numbers game, right?!
