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I remember that I heard of a short yet profound saying that means "we are old when we begin to think about the past" from somewhere (maybe when watching an episode of Desperate Housewives a few years ago). So what is an idiomatic way to say:
we are old when we begin to often track our memory about the past (and we are young if we still often look into the future).
How about, "This is going to make me sound old, but I remember back in the day... I remember the good old days. When I was a kid, I wished for what might be. As an adult I wish for what might have been. We stop growing and start aging when we stop looking forward and keep looking back".
