I was reading a post online a day or two ago from someone who was complaining that they were ‘feeling their age’ and they had just turned 63. There was a reply from someone who was about twenty older than that, painting a picture of mounting immobility.
I’ve just turned 65 last week. I really cannot believe that.
I don’t feel much different than 10,20,30 years ago. There are a couple of changes though. I do find myself feeling a little stiffer in the joints when I’ve been in one position for some time, such as lying in bed or sitting at my desk here in the office. I also find myself feeling like a nap when I get home in the late afternoon. I’ve never been one for taking daytime naps, and, even now, if I were to go to bed for a post-lunch lie-down, I wouldn’t sleep, but I do find myself nodding off on the sofa. I also can’t chuck down the beers like I used to without feeling decidedly ‘off’ the next day. Not hungover, with a headache or nausea, you’ll understand, just ‘off’. Finally, for now, I’ve changed from being a night owl who couldn’t get to sleep at night, to being very ready for bed by ten pm, and awake soon after five am!
I really don’t think about my age very much. There’s not much I can do about it anyway. The days, weeks, months and years tick by, and it is true that they seem to go quicker as you get older.
I don’t feel old at all though, and my mind is still twenty something in many ways. No, I don’t want to go hang out with friends and party and drink all night, but I didn’t do that an awful lot even back then, just once in a while and it was fun then, but doesn’t feel like it would be fun now, either to do, or to suffer the after effects the next morning!
I am trying to be a bit more active, but then again, I’ve never been much a gym type and never played any active sports, not since I left school, and I wasn’t much of a fan even back then!
Old is not in my personal vocabulary, but I shall shall try and age gracefully, whatever that may entail, and I hope I long keep the ability to wander around town when I wish to!