What did you used to do when younger but don't any more because of your age?

lizardlady · Aug 24, 2019, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Hummingbird1950

Climb up onto a horse. Now have to use mounting block or a ladder, lol.

Oh yeah! Back in the day I used to say if you can't get on from the ground you can't ride it. Now I use a mounting block. No way i had i can get on from the ground.

Hummingbird1950 · Aug 24, 2019, 06:36 PM

Thank you for your comment, lol

Funny how when we are young we take soo much for granted.

Birdie

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Originally Posted by lizardlady

Oh yeah! Back in the day I used to say if you can't get on from the ground you can't ride it. Now I use a mounting block. No way i had i can get on from the ground.

Hummingbird1950 · Aug 24, 2019, 06:45 PM

I get that, I really do. Back when I worked, as long as I had my hair colored, perm and expensive product along with all that makeup I used to wear, I felt ... normal. I even used to iron my clothing, buy Hanes Stockings, wear 3 inch heels and drive a car.

I have a different normal now.... I don't iron and can't iron, I let my hair go platinum and I cut it myself, lol. I wear supportive shoes, no stockings and I no longer drive and I can't see to apply mascara. Yeup, new normal for me.

Then there is the laundry. I have to use our coin operated machines which takes all day to do 3 loads. I'm exhausted going back and forth and by the end of the day, the laundry gets piled up on my bed. I just push it over to climb into bed to sleep and maybe, 3 days later, slowly I put it all away. I used to have it all done in one afternoon, ironed and all put away.

Birdie

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Originally Posted by saidso

I used to go to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I spent 52 years focused on "earning my living" through working. When I was young I even had a week job, and evening job and a weekend job.

My time was devoted to buying clothes to impress people at work, getting my hair done for work, getting sleep so I would be fresh for work, doing cultural things so that I had something to discuss at work - polishing my ego so that it stood up there with the competition.

All of that gave me confidence, an organised approach to things, and some artistic/ creative things that I loved. I enjoyed work but there was too much time spent sitting in that chair just because I was paid to do so.

I think that I was lucky, nothing in my early life made it inevitable that I would find interesting work that fit with me or that gave me a secure home to live in.

Now since a few months, I don't work... and there has been a period of difficult adjustment to that.

I've let go of continually comparing myself with others and competing with them.

nicoleflynn · Aug 27, 2019, 06:41 AM

I am 72, and still go down the slide and swing with my granddaughter....I march in my 3 inch high heels in parades....still watch cartoons. I can't think of anything I can't do when I was younger! I still take ballet classes (since I was a child); ;that is my first love. I walk 2-7 miles a ay.

Travelinglady · Aug 27, 2019, 12:03 PM

Good for you, nicole! I'm glad your health allows you to do those things.

nonightowl · Sep 07, 2019, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Travelinglady

Like owl, I now have to just do a little work at a time--regardless of the kind of work. And I don't chew bubble gum. But I have been known to eat ice cream cones and suck on lollipops.

On a related note, I can't cook a whole meal all at once anymore. I'll maybe cook the meat today and wash/chop the veggies. Then, the next day cook the veggies and rice.

Or prepare everything one day (washing, chopping, marinading, whatnot), then cook the next day. I can't stand being in my kitchen too long either anymore as I get claustrophobic since it's a galley kitchen. And it's hot---no window in there.

I could stand it when I was younger. I could also stand at the counter a long time, whether prepping foodor doing dishes.

And when I say I can only do one or two tasks in a day for making dinner, such as prepping the chicken with a batter and crumbs (example), this includes clean up for it. It's all so exhausting and time consuming.

I can't chew too much hard stuff cause of TMJ, something I had no trouble with when younger. I now have osteoarthritis in the left TMJ, and it makes biting into hard stuff difficult. And I can't or shouldn't chew gum anymore. Hard on the jaw, the dentist said.

Skeezyks · Sep 07, 2019, 06:28 PM

I no longer climb up onto roofs. I suppose I could. But I'm glad I don't need to...

Travelinglady · Sep 08, 2019, 03:13 PM

I no longer climb trees, skip, leap tall buildings in a single bound, and cry over spilled milk.

Skeezyks · Sep 08, 2019, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Travelinglady

I no longer climb trees, skip, leap tall buildings in a single bound, and cry over spilled milk.

Drinking milk is something I don't do anymore. And I never cry if I spill milk either. I just get pissed!

Goforward · May 14, 2020, 09:12 PM

I can't wear just any kind of shoes anymore darn it. I love shoes. I have to wear supportive shoes which fit my bunion plagued feet.

Nammu · May 14, 2020, 11:02 PM

I used to walk everywhere.

wing · May 17, 2020, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by nicoleflynn

I am 72, and still go down the slide and swing with my granddaughter....I march in my 3 inch high heels in parades....still watch cartoons. I can't think of anything I can't do when I was younger! I still take ballet classes (since I was a child); ;that is my first love. I walk 2-7 miles a ay.

That should be in the “good news” thread! That’s great!

It arnnoys me that I can’t pull open a bag like chips. I use scissors now.