Is being old/older (in age) 50, 60, 70…?

[quietpraiyze]

Is being old/older in age what you thought it would be?

Did you think about getting old or being older at all or did it just kind of slip up on you?

When did you accept that you were actually old/older or have you?

What surprises you the most about being old/older?

 

[returntosender]

Didn't expect what I got at all. Didn't expect to be so helpless. Didn't expect to live this long. Didn't expect to be so ugly. Years ago I was pretty, lol

 

[frank1234]

Honestly, i wasn't concerned about getting older at all. At the age 21 i started getting chronic illnesses, and because of it i have grown wiser(and in Christ). I have been working to get better ever since, and now that i am 58, after hopefully someday overcoming my health problems, i really like and hope to start life. Being older now doesn't bother me as much(eventhough i get very nastolgic), but starting the life that i have been hoping for does.

 

[Sophrosyne]

Didn't expect what I got at all. Didn't expect to be so helpless. Didn't expect to live this long. Didn't expect to be so ugly. Years ago I was pretty, lol

better than being pretty ugly

 

[Sophrosyne]

It is harder and harder to enjoy life when the years zoom by so fast it takes your breath away compared to them dragging forever growing up. Seems the year 2000 was a little more in the past that a few years ago.

 

[dayhiker]

I watched my grandfather and then my father get old, like into their mid 90s. So I knew what was coming my way. Can't say it's bothered me a lot. But thankfully there are good genes in my family and so I've been healthy into my 70s. I'm very active, have a lot of friends and go on a lot of dates. Ya, I didn't expect to be single in my old age. But then the church didn't prepare me for being a failure at monogamy. Was into my late 50s before I started to understand that!
I travel a lot, just bought a small teardrop camper and now being retired I'm having a great time traveling and seeing America. Thankfully there are a number of people who want to travel with me.

 

[sampa]

I'm better physically and health-wise that I was when I was 38. But my body has gone through some rapid changes within this past year that I wasn't ready for. I'm not even sure if I was able to think about what 50 would be like, which I will be in January. When I look around at others my age, I don't feel as bad.

But either case the physical changes has been a hard adjustment. At 20 years old I made it a goal to be able to run the Grand canyon at 70 years old. I let go of it at 38 years old when I was diagnosed with systemic lupus nephritis. I never expected to be running again. I also am happy to have had my hair these past 8 years. Even though it's not what I would like, I'm happy to not have to wear a wig.

Although I'm out running because of an injury, I haven't lost hope that I could run at least some kind of distance in the future. My podiatrist has confidence in me and said let's get you back to running.

These last three years have given me a different perspective on running, endurance and longevity. Strength training will be my focus for my fifties. I will do the best with what the Lord has given me. The same with my time, as I have not been blessed with children or family, but I think that there's another purpose for that.

 

[sampa]

Is being old/older in age what you thought it would be?

Did you think about getting old or being older at all or did it just kind of slip up on you?

When did you accept that you were actually old/older or have you?

What surprises you the most about being old/older?

Turning 50 was nothing like I imagined and had a whole turn of health events. I pray this is just a season. Hopefully I will be healthy again and be if right mind to date again. And the n the right place spiritually.

 

[returntosender]

I didn't expect to be disabled. Biggest surprise and hardest to handle

 

[Lost4words]

For me, its the fact that when i get called an old dawg, i realise how true that is!!!!

 

[d taylor]

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I never have given age much thought, i guess i will live till i die (or raptured) which ever comes first.

 

[returntosender]

Turning 50 was nothing like I imagined and had a whole turn of health events. I pray this is just a season. Hopefully I will be healthy again and be if right mind to date again. And the n the right place spiritually.

I hope so for you

 

[d taylor]

Turning 50 was nothing like I imagined and had a whole turn of health events. I pray this is just a season. Hopefully I will be healthy again and be if right mind to date again. And the n the right place spiritually.

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Hey Sampa hope you do get help and get your health back on track. Have you ever looked into grounding or also known as earthing. It has really helped me, it is a great fighter of inflammation that may build up in the body and over time causes problems.

 

[sampa]

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Hey Sampa hope you do get help and get your health back on track. Have you ever looked into grounding or also known as earthing. It has really helped me, it is a great fighter of inflammation that may build up in the body and over time causes problems.

Yep. Multiple times I've heard that. Once I'm out of snowplow season maybe I can do .ire if that. Thanks.

And thanks @returntosender

 

[d taylor]

Yep. Multiple times I've heard that. Once I'm out of snowplow season maybe I can do .ire if that. Thanks.

And thanks @returntosender

You know you ground to the earth using the ground part of an electric outlet. I have two foot straps i wear to bed and plug into a grounding plug plunged into an electric outlet

Safety Adapter U.S. (Type B Wall Outlets)

 

[sampa]

You know you ground to the earth using the ground part of an electric outlet. I have two foot straps i wear to bed and plug into a grounding plug plunged into an electric outlet

Safety Adapter U.S. (Type B Wall Outlets)

That's not the grounding that I'm familiar with. No thank you.

 

[returntosender]

Yep. Multiple times I've heard that. Once I'm out of snowplow season maybe I can do .ire if that. Thanks.

And thanks @returntosender

You're welcome

 

[returntosender]

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Hey Sampa hope you do get help and get your health back on track. Have you ever looked into grounding or also known as earthing. It has really helped me, it is a great fighter of inflammation that may build up in the body and over time causes problems.

What is earthing and grinding?

 

[d taylor]

What is earthing and grinding?

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It is simply just being physically in touch with the actual earth. Like standing out in a yard, park or a field of grass barefoot or standing on beach in the sand barefoot.