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As much as age is _not_ a measure of maturity, success, etc., there is a distinct feeling that comes with every age that is different for everybody. For me, knowing my age has served two important functions: 1) once a year, it gives me the opportunity to re-evaluate various parts of my life by making all the folks around me ask, "does it feel any different being X years old?"--a simple, yet catalytic question; and 2) sometimes it's easier to keep track of events in my life by knowing how old I was when they happened rather than in what year they happened. On another note, while some may take it too seriously and try to adopt certain behaviors that they feel are mandated by their age, it can be a useful (when not self-destructive) tool for giving us perspective--ie. at the age of five, Mozart was composing music, I was reading at a 1st grade level, and my brother was eating play-doh.
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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
(Michael Jordan)
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