Posted on 12/12/2014 5:20:53 AM PST by lifeofgrace
I know what you mean. For example, I often find myself getting ready to....wait.....sorry....I forgot the comment I was about to make.
It was nice the other day in church. We attended the “contemporary” service as we do occasionally when the wife unit is running late. The pastor actually told the congregates, in the course of his message, they need to seek out those that attend the traditional service and thank them, for their generous giving and desire to encourage people to worship in a “comfortable” environment there would be no rock concert service to attend. The traditional service which is about half as large attendance wise generates 70% of the church budget.
LOL. I knew I was getting old when I started to get out of bed stiff and achy and, like my wife says, had to walk around like Frankenstein for about 10 minutes before my joints started working correctly again.
I find this to correlate well to my expanding equator. Time gets faster every time I buy a new belt.
90% of my patients are the model of “old people” none of us would want to be. Wracked with pain, psychologically dependent on a witches brew of synthetic pharmaceuticals, immobile and dependent on others.
Treating people like this allowed me to understand the challenges and pitfalls of growing old in modern day America. I resolved to avoid the most obvious mistakes.
It's really common sense. Diet is #1 and exercise is #2. Dealing with stress and getting enough sleep are also important.
I eat mostly at home. Simple meals are prepared by my wife or I. Avoid restaurants and processed/prepared foods.
I developed my own home exercise system. For the past 5 years all I do if 10 minutes/day using my “MobilityBar.” This routine has allowed me to improve and maintain my strength, balance, flexibility and endurance.
My 10 minute MobilityBar Routine is also designed to be therapeutic, addressing the biological needs of our major joints. Joints, not muscles are the key to sustaining a life time of physical fitness.
If joints are injured we suffer and they don't heal up like bones and muscles. Exercise for joint health and muscles will be taken care of as well.
Nearing 65, I can still run, jump, throw, climb...and basically have fun.
Every Saturday, all year round, my childhood buddy and I go to the St pete Beach on the Gulf of Mexico. Even in the summer when its REAL HOT!
We enjoy clowning around, looking at girls and running around throwing and catching the frisbee. It's a great way to keep our youthful attitudes and keep track of our fitness level.
Check out the video I made from a few weeks ago. I am the shorter guy. 10 minuets/day...that’sa ll I exercise using my “MobilityBar.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNXQw7Hhla4
Only reason I cannot sleep more than 5 or so hours is I have to visit the restroom.
Reminds me of a story of 3 gentlemen in a retirement home. One 70, one 80, and one 90. The 70 year looks at the other two and states, “I miss the day when I could take a healthy whizz.” The 80 year old smirks and says, “I miss the day when I could take a healthy dump.” The 90 year old chuckles and says, “Shoot, every morning about 8 I take a healthy pee and every morning about 9 I take a healthy dump. My problem is I don’t wake up until 10!”
Some people seen fascinated by numbers ending in zero. Even more fascinated by a number that ends in two zeros.
Some people tie assumptions and expectations to those numbers. Nonsense, all of it.
8. I still actually listen to AM radio
No no no. You stick the fork in HIS eye. You’ll learn.
And not being open about ones age:....that's so last generation!
Being retired but still working (we raise beef cattle on a farm), is nice because there is no clock to punch or boss to report to. But life still tugs at your time and responsibilities to get things done. I lose track of what day of the week it is because there is no longer the workdays and weekends like there used to be when we both worked at regular jobs. I even have holidays that pass without noticing because I'm out of the loop now. I tell my wife, "I didn't get that memo."
My health is good except it seems like that most times I travel to the big city anymore is for medical appointments. Always something to check, or to be tweaked or to fix with this old body of mine.
This getting old shit, is getting old.
:)
I turned 50 last month. My wife attempted to make a big deal of it until I reminded her that no matter how old I get she will always be older. Cold icy stare followed.
Now that I am 50 I don’t sweat stuff anymore. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that my kids will make stupid mistakes but that they are THEIR mistakes not mine. I continue to give advice/guidance often. They choose to take it or not.
I have been having health issues that I never noticed before because I was active duty for 26 years but have slowed down since I retired. Going to the doctor sucks but it is necessary. I did quit doing things that I don’t want to do (except for going to work). But that is on my calendar.....
9 times out of 10 when I order dinner while we are out I will forget what I ordered by the time the food arrives.
Man, I could have written this.
Loved the part about the middle-aged crisis cars. Mine were convertibles. Nothing too flashy; a Sebring convertible and later a Mustang convertible.
Bm
Added to watch later.
Same here.
I look at these stupid hipster kids nowadays and am glad i grew up in 70’s and 80’s.
Keeping physically active keeps you young.
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