A Time To Chill & Wind Down?

[Melstar]

I've just come to a realization that i'm very activity/action oriented.

Actually someone pointed it out, but that's another story.

The thing is I love being busy.. Does that sound strange? Not to me. My normal day to day life is pretty packed as it is, but when it winds down for a bit i'll usually try to find something to supplement the empty spaces.

Heaps of ya'll here are probably ages 30 and up..


so just as a completely innocent independent question, without any bearing on my relationship status, my work or my mental state of mind, do people wind down on the activity as they get older?

[rocknrollgirl]

well, what do you mean by wind down?

what do you mean by older?

[Velobambina]

I'm almost 44 years old and my life is much busier than I was in my early 20s.

Let's see, my responsibilities include full-time demanding job (career), husband, house to take care of, three big dogs, other adult "have tos" (grocery shopping, errads, chores, etc.), etc. Add to that, my de-stress activities that I need to maintain my health and sanity: bike riding, running, weight training, and trying to find time for swimming so I'll be ready for my first triathlon next summer.

Note: I don't have children. Don't know how people with kids do it, especially women who hold down full or part time jobs and manage to raise children.

[rocknrollgirl]

That is what I was getting at...I am 45, work full time teaching HS Biology, DH, house, all of the chores etc, and training for a tri and a 12 hour mt bike race....

Plus I now have the stress of being part of the sandwich generation....

So has it slowed down. Nope. Am I having the time of my life. Yep.

And I too do not know how folks with kids squeeze this all in. I bow down to your greatness. I think about it every time I set out for a ride of a run...now where would I put the kid?????

bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ruth

[Bad JuJu]

I'm another woman without kids, I just turned 54, and my life is so much busier than it was when I was younger. On the other hand, I'm a lot happier now than I was then, so I guess it's all the kind of busy-ness that makes me happy: teaching, caring for home, husband, and dog, biking, kayaking, motorcycling (recently added), and traveling when we can.

I, too, don't know how I'd do it all with a couple of kids thrown into the mix, but I do know that most of us do what we're called upon to do. I've been primary caregiver to both my mom and my dad as they (we) struggled with Alzheimer's disease, and that was while I worked and tried to do all the other things, too--except for traveling, which was severely curtailed during those periods. And those were THE hardest times of my life, bar none, but we all got through it somehow. That's not exactly the same as raising children--easier in some ways, much harder in other ways--but the point is, again, we do what we're called upon to do for our families, whether it's raising children or escorting our parents through their last illness.

[mimitabby]

my husband calls me a human doing (instead of a human being)
I am almost always moving too. Sometimes I do get stuck in a book,
but that's the exception, not the rule. I multitask. I'm 55.
I raised two kids, you have to know how to multitask!