Wow! What a title! The title itself kind of makes me feel old right now but I'm not that old, 41 going on 42; very young at heart! My weekdays and weekends are very much the same, lots of routine and sameness. I do not mind this though. I have become accustomed to my way of life and I very much enjoy quiet times and moments to reflect.

I used to worry about so many things but now having reached a certain point in life, call it maturity if you like, I suddenly realise that those small things are not as important as they used to be. I used to run wild trying to get from A to B, running with the pack in the city streets. There was lots of bumping into passengers on the busy tube network; packed in like a tin of sardines! Who wants to live like that? I certainly don't. I have had enough of that and so I opt for the quiet life. I love the very thought of indulging in a quiet existence.

What is a quiet existence for me? Well firstly and most importantly is reading time. I want to be able to escape into a good book, something that can transport me out of my body and into far and distant places; places from the past; places in a wildly imagined future. I want time to cease to exist. I want to be able to tune into my favourite tv shows like 'Only Fools and Horses' and 'On the buses', good old Stan and Olive!

I am quite a character in my own right! I love life but I love living my life in my own way, totally free without having a busy body look over my shoulder all the time; that is freedom my friend!

I like to tune into Sky News and suddenly witness in deep red the words, 'Breaking News' as look expectently ready to hear what chaos and confusion has suddenly come to pass! All these little things I like.

Perhaps I am a little eccentric. Perhaps I am easily misunderstood by others. Perhaps I am a boderline Asperger's sufferer although I do not look at this as suffering or a hindrance. I love my life as different or as strange as it may be.

Getting back to the title, 'Getting to a certain point in life!' It is safe to say that I am at this point. I just want to wake up each morning and look at the Sun shining in the sky, preferably surrounded by blue sky as opposed to angry grey clouds. I want to watch the gulls and pigeons and black birds and magpies all doing their own thing, high in the sky, ever so free; beautiful!

I love words and I love the freedom to express those words on a platform such as this. And, after all that, it's sausages and potatoes for dinner covered in bisto gravy!