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My husband and I are incredibly active. We each do about 20-30 hrs. a week of community service, are avid gardeners, give lots of parties, always have home-improvement projects that we are working on, travel a bit, go out to dinner and movies with friends, walk/bike ride....I'm 60 and DH is 65 and we are two very busy and happy people. We occasionally have laid-back days just to break the monotony of being so busy :-).
I would venture to guess that most seniors, if they are in good health, classify themselves as a combination of active and a little laid back as well. I think I kinda fit in the middle but probably more active I guess.
I still work, and plan to until I am around 70. I work out at the health club 2 or 3 times a week, play a little racquetball, etc.. My hobbies include sporting clays (shotgun sports) with my son and his wife, travel, and I may take up golf again (if I can keep from cussing so much while enjoying myself on the links).
My wife is into dog agility and that keeps her busy and physically fit. She also works but she is 5 years younger than me.
[quote=LoveBoating;19481261]So, just how "active" or "laid-back" are you during these Senior years?....Anyway, from what we've seen, since living in this complex for 2 1/2 yrs., we and a single lady (mid 50's) are the only older people that even use the pool. Guess her and us are ok with what we look like in a bathing suit! Some others in our complex, our age group and older, seem to lead a very laid-back lifestyle.......pretty much a boring one to us. I have a very outgoing personality and I think that really shocks some of these older folks here.
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I've never lived in a development for seniors with a pool, but the ones I have visited seemed very little used. I wonder if some folks may consider it as a good entertainment resource for visiting relatives.
Our apartment complex isn't a 55+ or Senior type. There are age 60 plus that live in apartments close to ours (same complex), but the pool is mainly used by the "hard bodied" younger folks. Even my wife's sister, who is mid 60's, uses the pool where she lives in So Calif. We will be talking to her on the cell and she will say "I'm headed out to the pool". And, come to think about it, I've never even seen any of the 60 plus group, except myself, use the grill that is by the pool.
Now, when I'm on our boat, I wear a short sleeve shirt and it doesn't come off. I've gone to the beach here with swim suit on and it didn't bother me. Guess some people just plainly don't like being in the water, while others, like wife and I, love it.
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I've never lived in a development for seniors with a pool, but the ones I have visited seemed very little used. I wonder if some folks may consider it as a good entertainment resource for visiting relatives.[/quote]
I have been retired since 2000 at 52. We have remained active but the activity has changed with age and become less physcially demanding. I never really thought of swimming as really being active ;more a relaxation. Swimming is something we do after really doing work such as yard work or other maintenance around the house.We do most things we did it just takes us longer but we have the time.Socaialy we are at least as active now if not more so because we have the time for that also.
You carry your lifestyle into retirement. Just because you hit some magic age doesn't mean you will start scaling mountains or reading more books, things you may have never done before. If you were a social diva in your working life, you will probably still be one after retirement. If you were a loner who liked solo activities, you probably will still do them after you retire. I can't see forcing people, with peer pressure, to be what they never were just because they hit a certain age and the media thinks it's a good idea. Just worry about yourself and not what you think everyone else should be doing with their time.
Geshhhhhhhhh......cann't a person be curious about something anymore without someone coming unglued about it!! AGAIN, geshhhhhhh!
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Originally Posted by LauraC
You carry your lifestyle into retirement. Just because you hit some magic age doesn't mean you will start scaling mountains or reading more books, things you may have never done before. If you were a social diva in your working life, you will probably still be one after retirement. If you were a loner who liked solo activities, you probably will still do them after you retire. I can't see forcing people, with peer pressure, to be what they never were just because they hit a certain age and the media thinks it's a good idea. Just worry about yourself and not what you think everyone else should be doing with their time.
"Active" can be taken two ways in this context, it seems to me. First, there is physically active in the sense of exercise, and we all know that it's important for health....
Second, "active" can mean actively engaged in meaningful pursuits, such as clubs, volunteer work, travel, helping grandchildren, or many other things....
Parking oneself in front of the TV day after day is probably about the worst thing a person can do in retirement, as it involves inactivity in both senses.
I agree. I'm not sure the active/laid-back dichotomy is very useful. There's physical activity, social activity, intellectual activity, spiritual activity. There is relaxation, quiet contemplation, then there is sloth, complete inactivity and boredom.
I'm at the beginning of this stage. I am definitely laid-back. But I am active in all the above categories, as much or as little as I wish. And yes, I also kick back and watch TV.
Geshhhhhhhhh......cann't a person be curious about something anymore without someone coming unglued about it!! AGAIN, geshhhhhhh!
You are way over-reacting to LauraC's intelligent and perceptive post. She was in no way "coming unglued about it". I am at a loss to understand your post.
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!! AGAIN, geshhhhhhh!
