Nobody warned me of how dumb one gets with aging.

HooRU · 2025-03-20T06:25:50+00:00

I pine for my days when I was the star lab rat.

Sparkchaser

Bombtrad I’m 83 a few days ago

Wow, someone older than me. I was 80 March 7th.

Sparkchaser

Rich221976 However, when you think of it every single event leads to another event that either wouldn’t have happened or you have to wonder what other thing would have been in it place that could have been worst.

I was just going to post similar sentiments. For me, my college acceptance came 2 mo after being drafted. I’m quite sure my life would have been totally different if I had not gone in the Army. As in a 99% chance of marrying a different person. After that, “who knows” if it would have been better or worse, just different.

HooRU

Marrying the wrong person can be deadly.

urbanriot

HooRU

Nobody warned me of how dumb one gets with aging.

I’ve compensated for a loss in mental alacrity with an increase in wisdom, knowledge, and experience.

While I do miss how well I fired on all cylinders when I was a wee lad, and I miss my physical prowess, I’m not terribly upset about how my mind and body has changed. I regularly exercise, lift weights, and swim every second day, and while I acknowledge things aren’t the same as they were, I still feel great for my age.

I feel like a lot of people age before their time because they stop putting forth the effort in challenging their mind and body.

HooRU

That would be me. I need to exercise but I keep putting it off like an idiot. I do have a stationary bike, I’ll get on it today for sure.

My muscles ARE shrinking, it’s kinda scary. I used to be a beast I could almost lift a cotton bale back in the day, I started out working in warehouses doing very physical work.

ElQuintron

HooRU That would be me. I need to exercise but I keep putting it off like an idiot. I do have a stationary bike, I’ll get on it today for sure.

Try and work it into your schedule, I find it’s easier to do it consistently if you don’t have to make that choice over again every day, if it’s part of you routine it’s automatic.

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