[ggm]

Some of this is "with age comes wisdom" but some of this is ageless. I travelled extensively for work before covid for over 20 years and thought I'd welcome it back post covid but I now find it a mixed blessing. Perhaps I'm half way down the ladder the OP has climbed off.

[NoWordsKotoba]

Yes, age does tend to make many want to root - and perhaps that is part of wisdom at play.