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I plan to work for at least another 5 years and hopefully 10 or 15. I will not quit work until I am no longer able to perform to standards. I know someone who still works full time and he is 85 and my hero.
I don't feel old just yet but I do feel the onset of middle age. Honestly, can anyone define what old age is?
I do a lot of physical work at home but last summer I put on 10 pounds and it was all belly. Just that little bit of weight gain really slowed me down. I made a cautious effort too eat less and avoid food at night and have lossed most of that weight and feel better. Though I am balding and have horrid memory and eye sight that extra weight made me feel old since I was born with a naturally good body.
When I look in the mirror. I don't feel old, have no aches, pains, no shortness of breath - none of that. I have kids at home and so am "current". But I look like effing Methuselah!
Yup. The mirror does not lie!
My early years were physically demanding as I grew up, so the wear and tear set in pretty early- enough that I became accustomed to stiffening knees and a back gradually going bad- but it's only been over the last 3-4 years that I see an aging man in the mirror.
Premature grey hair runs in my family, so I started turning grey before I was 30. Now that I'm turning white, it's a whole other story!
But mentally, I don't feel old just yet. I nerves paid too much attention to the fads that come and go anyway. I figure that I'll be old when I find I've given up some of the major interests that have formed my life, and so far, none have disappeared yet.
When I look in the mirror. I don't feel old, have no aches, pains, no shortness of breath - none of that. I have kids at home and so am "current". But I look like effing Methuselah!
Kids will do that to you. They also suck every bit of patience out of you. It never comes back fully.
When I walk up and down stairs, I feel like I'm out of breath. I'm starting to get gray hair now also.
The stairs thing isn't old. It's out of shape.
I don't have the 'bounce back' I used to when I was younger.
And all the injuries I have from sports are plaguing me now.
Your body just isn't as resilient.
Also, I can't eat whatever I want whenever I want.
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