For me, it is trying to stand back up from a squatting position. This physical movement seem to appear rather quickly. I have to have the cat litter boxes right next to a waist high cabinet so I can push myself up. So weird, as I used to be a gym rat for decades until I had to stop to help out my parents.
My dh and I like very different things. Many days, he stays in the cabin and reads or plays the guitar while I sightsee. And yes, he talks to everybody and I don't have to listen...
I've always wanted to go on an Alaskan cruise. Maybe I should book one. Maybe go on my own without hubs? I know he'd talk everyone's ear off if he came. Sigh........
Just kidding........
On a more positive note I am considered "glaucoma suspect" and at my ophthalmologist appt today he said my eyes are still looking good. I had my visual field test as well. I hate doing that. I always get nervous about it but he said that I did perfect so I'm relieved about that.
Do I want to be cured?
Maybe I will just pull myself up by my bootstraps!
Ordering some winter boots online now.
Any recommendations?
It is still true that when the going gets tough, the tough go shopping!
Gershun, SNAP!
Was unaware there were so many other slang uses for the word.
Ah well, there's a lot I don't know. :)
My mom was so young at heart till she reached her late eighties. I was hoping I'd be the same. Maybe I need to go on a cruise or something. Take up skydiving perhaps. Take up a cause?
Suggestions welcome...................;)
We moved to a new house in 2019. Who’s dumb idea was it to move into a 3 story house (plus a basement!!!)
making dumb decisions without accepting I’m getting older every day is something I’m trying not to do anymore. :)
that though my hearing and eyesight are marginal, I can function.
most surprising is the fact that I enjoy life much better than I did when younger and without arthritis!!
AND how much my "poop" schedule effects what I sign up for. On a cruise right now: kind of obsessed with pooping before I get off each day.
In particular, I believed that those who stayed active remained capable. Horrors! I had it backward: those who remain capable have the ability to be active! I have learned that even though I have stubbornly kept up my gardening, walking, housework, and exercises, there are some activities that have become more difficult, then impossible. My continued practice does not insure continued ability!
I can no longer get down on the floor--nor up from it. I must stoop and bend at the waist to deal with anything on the floor. I have my workarounds, but I am dismayed that I cannot do some of the things that I could still do at 60.
On the other hand, I have found that the level of contentment that I have in living the life I choose is much greater than at any previous time in my life. I am focusing more on short term and medium term goals. The joy I have in a clean house, flowers in the gardens, and dinner on the table are greater than at any time of my life. Old age has given me the gift of living in the present. I expect and hope that some measure of this continues for the next 15 or 20 years, assuming my longevity matches the family history.
What do you do now to maintain / develop yourself as you age?
What changes need to happen and what changes have you made?
What gets in your way of shifting with the moments of aging?
What new coping mechanisms have you put in place?
It feels like slack bread dough!
Also, it's soooo crepe-y!
And, I'm only 58! Gaaaah!
my clothes shrink at an alarming rate
my knees don't work the way they should and they make funny noises.
What I appreciate about getting older though...
I forgive more easily, why carry a burden that is unnecessary
I think I appreciate each day more now than I did years ago.
I realize that my Husband was one of a kind and I am glad he knew I felt that way.