A netizen asked “What was the biggest change to getting older that was the hardest to accept?” and older folks shared their best stories.
You're on the list! Expect to receive your first email very soon!that almost matches puberty in a way. But the truth is that many of us don’t really accept that we are aging until it’s staring us right in the face.“What was the biggest change to getting older that was the hardest to accept?” and older folks shared their best stories. We also got in touch with the person who started the viral thread.
When you are younger it feels like you have all the time in the world to do things. I am now coming to terms with the fact that “someday” is a lot smaller of a window. Getting shorter. Freaking gravity. I was never tall and now I know that centimeter by centimeter I get closer to the ground. Argh. Singing well. I can’t hit high notes anymore and sometimes my voice is shaky and off key. I don’t sing in public, just in the car or at home, but it saddens me that no one will ever say “Wow! I didn’t know you could sing like that” ever again. 😒.I know my kids have grown and have their own lives now but miss so much them living with me as a family unit on a daily basis. Also all my old friends are dying one by one.I miss my kids so much.
The random unfairness of life. The careful, health-conscious person you thought would always be healthy and outlive you suddenly develops an old-person illness or physical problem in their late 50s or early 60s that changes their remaining life forever. Could be a stroke or some internal ailment that prevents them from doing things they easily did only a few years earlier. Could be something like cancer that causes them to deteriorate and die.
You grow up watching TV shows, seeing people in their 20s and 30s hanging out all the time, seeing each other daily, and you expect that to be your life. And it sort of is for a short time in real life. But the people pair up , no longer need roommates , get jobs in another city , buy a house , get married , have kids and so on and so on.At 70 I have found making new friends is nearly impossible.
As a woman in my 50’s I decided to go quit coloring my hair. I feel invisible now. Like I have aged out.I color my hair but my face got really rough with aging and people behave like I don't even exist. It's not the hair color. It's the cult of youth.Many of the common debilitating diseases are avoidable if one makes lifestyle changes. Stop smoking, get daily exercise, maintain a healthy weight, eat more vegetables and less meat and sugar. The daily exercise is crucial.
Been alone to Magaluf this Summer, felt like the absolute oldest tourist in there. I wasn't really but most people were half my age. I felt like the only one with back pain, wrinkles and cellulite in the whole Mallorca! I'm finding that it's much harder to stay focused on work that is difficult or uninteresting just because I *want* to -- a commitment I've invariably found to be rewarding in the end.
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