Aging

[shootingstar]

And the good thing about that is that it's attainable, while getting younger just isn't. When I'm not happy about myself it's not really my age or looks, it's lack of exercise, too much yucky food, lack of achievement, and feeling unfit. Which is reversible, and that my friends, is a beautiful thing

One thing I do take seriously about getting older is avoiding injury, though. Things I would bounce back from in days as a 20-30 yr.old can have me aching for weeks now, so I am definitely more careful. Breaks and sprains are a big setback.

Things that we can control, food, some exercise, etc. are reversible for a long time. Though many of us here in TE forum, have fallen into valleys of lack of motivation, injury.. we each have found a way to climb out to recovery/better health. Good to have that personal history to face stuff ahead in the future for coping.

This is an incredibly tiny minor age related change --but yesterday I had my lst ever comprehensive eye exam. And am getting my lst set of reading glasses in my life. The optometrist seemed relieved/happy for me that as a first-time patient, my eyes are still healthy and only needing glasses of minor vision strength. For a 51 yr. that ain't bad to have come this far in life without glasses, even though now I have to pay attention to the idea of not losing my reading glasses.

Lately I'm noticing more newspaper articles of elderly folks as drivers who cause car accidents and really shouldn't have been driving. I'm also noticing others just abit older than I, who stridently claim that no one is going to take away their right to drive until they collapse. I am abit unsympathetic to people who aren't thinking /planning this properly about life beyond the car.

Thank goodness, I won't have to suffer that psychological angst of car=independence in the future. Nor the idea of using of public transit. Nor the idea of living in city vs. very rural area. Aging isn't just about the body gradually changing in capabilities but how to plan one's lifestyle way in advance, so that the lifestyle adjusts to body's capabilities without compromising health, independent mobility and fun.

It's a good feeling to have found lifelong options how to remain active and healthy.