Your body is slowing breaking down. Your responsibilities only go keep going up as you age. Overall, things get harder.
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Yes, but the process of breaking down, as you mentioned, can be slowed down by eating healthy and exercising regularly, such as walking for at least an hour a day. For example, when my grandfather was in his 70s, he could easily climb a mountain, whereas I struggled. He had a lot of energy at that age and could walk for hours without stopping.
Your body breaks down faster if you become inactive as a pensioner.
There are plenty of very happy old people. I’ve watched my parents flourish as they age. My great uncle always talked about making the last year’s of your life the best years of your life. I don’t know if they were for him, but he was still dancing until the cancer took him last year at 94. Yeah we all fall apart and die, but you’re best days can easily be in your 70s or later.
Every new decade is my favorite, but the shoulder and knee issues suck.
Tips from an old person-
When they tell you that you need reading glasses, just go for the contacts.
Podiatrists are real and a $75 orthotic is worth it.
Adult children are awesome, mostly.
Sunscreen is important.
I feel like this is more of a U shape curve. It’s hard to be a child, early adulthood is poverty and struggle, then things get easier, I am nearing 60 and still in these easier years, then at the end things start falling apart and it gets difficult again.
It depends on genes, what kind of people you keep around you, how much money you earn, hygiene, exercising and food.
Life can be easy if you put daily effort into it instead of reacting to problems.
Think of it as leveling up.
I knew there was a reason why I kept that save from 15 years ago
I agree, but for sightly different reasons. Life is collecting permanent injuries. No matter how good your diet, no matter how much you exercise, no matter how advanced medical technology gets, nothing that breaks will ever be quite the same.
Don’t forget about capatilism. If you ain’t producing they don’t give a fuck about you. If you can’t produce high amounts of profits they will throw you out and leave you potentially homeless or In jail or dead. They don’t care.
My grandpa always used to say, “aging ain’t for whimps.” Never really understood him until more recently as I age.
Also due to aging either your work responsibilities increase or you get age discriminated out of your preferred role, if you started a family you also have to worry about providing for your dependants now and as you said your health is on a decline
Yep, getting old is not for the weak… thing is my dad is 94 and holy fuck Ii is just time to fucking die…
