Seniors and reality

Are you aware and prepared for this one-way journey called life?

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Blue Collar Poetry

Blue Collar Poetry

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Do we find ourselves being forced to consider our health, wealth and beyond as we age? Have you always been the ostrich with your head firmly planted in the ground to avoid the topic?
Have you been a leader, friend, strong companion during your life?
Why would you change your personality and obligations in the latter stages of your life?
Are you proud of what you have accomplished, created, produced, managed or finished in your life?
Was your bucket list simple, beyond reach, realistic or complete fantasy?
 

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Blue Collar Poetry said:
Do we find ourselves being forced to consider our health, wealth and beyond as we age? Have you always been the ostrich with your head firmly planted in the ground to avoid the topic?
Have you been a leader, friend, strong companion during your life?
Why would you change your personality and obligations in the latter stages of your life?
Are you proud of what you have accomplished, created, produced, managed or finished in your life?
Was your bucket list simple, beyond reach, realistic or complete fantasy?
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I'm going to go out on the limb for a moment, and reply from the position that you are flesh and blood, and not an AI forum bot. To answer your questions:
Have you been a leader, friend, strong companion during your life?
Yes, no, sometimes
Why would you change your personality and obligations in the latter stages of your life?
Life's circumstances will change, you have to change with what you have to work with.
Are you proud of what you have accomplished, created, produced, managed or finished in your life?
Yes, of course.
Was your bucket list simple, beyond reach, realistic or complete fantasy?
Simple, realistic but possibly just a fantasy. Addendum: I just want the love of those I love.
 
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Nathan said:
I'm going to go out on the limb for a moment, and reply from the position that you are flesh and blood, and not an AI forum bot. To answer your questions:
Have you been a leader, friend, strong companion during your life?
Yes, no, sometimes
Why would you change your personality and obligations in the latter stages of your life?
Life's circumstances will change, you have to change with what you have to work with.
Are you proud of what you have accomplished, created, produced, managed or finished in your life?
Yes, of course.
Was your bucket list simple, beyond reach, realistic or complete fantasy?
Simple, realistic but possibly just a fantasy. Addendum: I just want to love of those I love.
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Nathan, you are a gem, but I think we all have at least gleaned a few knowledgeable perceptions of each other by now. We have our ups and downs. I try to play it close to the chest, and you are more of an open book. I love that in a guy. No need to get all that personal in my opinion since we do have our dignity.
 
I am 71 and have been forced into retirement. After realizing the past is the past and will never be again, I started over. With what I knew I had in my possession at that time a sense of humor, realistic vision of what had happened to me and others and a passionate urge to tell our stories a seniors. We are all on this same train and we get off and on as time passes. What we do with the time given to us is the most important.
I am not a robot, a spiteful old man, a mystery person, no salesperson or anything of that sort.
Within the last 3 years I have written and published my first book of “Blue Collar Poetry”, created and hosted 2 podcasts for seniors based on issues, concerns, education and entertaining interviews with normal everyday people and celebrities within all walks of life. I am currently in the process of releasing my first audiobook hopefully this spring.
I am not one to boast or puff I tend to be the guy in the background, replying only to show transparency and sincerity.
My career in the building materials industry started out in the natural stone industry and lead me to open factories around the world. IF you have a stone or man-made counter top that is what I am talking about.
I am open to share any of my new audio work if I can post or you can Google,
“View from the Back Window / Blue Collar Poetry on Life”.
As why I disappeared from the site after posting I wasn’t hiding I just had something to do, I like to stay busy, while I can.
 
Blue Collar Poetry said:
I am 71 and have been forced into retirement. After realizing the past is the past and will never be again, I started over. With what I knew I had in my possession at that time a sense of humor, realistic vision of what had happened to me and others and a passionate urge to tell our stories a seniors. We are all on this same train and we get off and on as time passes. What we do with the time given to us is the most important.
I am not a robot, a spiteful old man, a mystery person, no salesperson or anything of that sort.
Within the last 3 years I have written and published my first book of “Blue Collar Poetry”, created and hosted 2 podcasts for seniors based on issues, concerns, education and entertaining interviews with normal everyday people and celebrities within all walks of life. I am currently in the process of releasing my first audiobook hopefully this spring.
I am not one to boast or puff I tend to be the guy in the background, replying only to show transparency and sincerity.
My career in the building materials industry started out in the natural stone industry and lead me to open factories around the world. IF you have a stone or man-made counter top that is what I am talking about.
I am open to share any of my new audio work if I can post or you can Google,
“View from the Back Window / Blue Collar Poetry on Life”.
As why I disappeared from the site after posting I wasn’t hiding I just had something to do, I like to stay busy, while I can.
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Walmart has it : Robot or human?

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Blue Collar Poetry said:
Do we find ourselves being forced to consider our health, wealth and beyond as we age? Have you always been the ostrich with your head firmly planted in the ground to avoid the topic?
Have you been a leader, friend, strong companion during your life?
Why would you change your personality and obligations in the latter stages of your life?
Are you proud of what you have accomplished, created, produced, managed or finished in your life?
Was your bucket list simple, beyond reach, realistic or complete fantasy?
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In business, I have been a leader. I know that several of the people I managed have gone on to be leaders themselves, as long as had families and so on. I'm content with that.

Yes, I'd change things. What is applicable and appropriate in business isn't for a personal life.

Proud? Not really. I did things. But the world is too large, my little bit of the world doesn't really matter.

I don't have a bucket list. Never have. I think I achieved most if not all of what I could ever have wanted, but it brought me not happiness.
 
Blue Collar Poetry said:
I am 71 and have been forced into retirement. After realizing the past is the past and will never be again, I started over.
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What a nice intro! Thank you for explaining all of that... sometimes people trying to sell stuff sneak in, so we're cautious, or at least I am. In any case, a huge welcome to you! Kick up your feet, enjoy a :coffee: and 🍩 , and I'll look forward to your posts! @Blue Collar Poetry
 
My Bucket List when I was young was pretty darn simple.

That's partly because I was not raised in a high quality school district. Once I read an essay by a respected journalist who grew up in my area, in my school district, he's about my age, and he blatantly said they raised us kids to work in the factories or, if you were female, maybe work in food service or offices, then get married, have some kids, and let him support you.

I have to agree with him. In all four years of high school NOT ONE TEACHER ever talked to me about going to college. NEVER. Even though I had a 3.5 GPA at graduation. This was, of course, I now realize, partly because I was female.

I very much wanted a normal, simple life when I was young. I did not think it would be such a terrible thing to stay married forever or stay with one employer for 30 or 40 years. But then the 1980s happened and all the companies were down-sizing and killing their pension plans, spread that chaos even to schools and colleges. In the 1980s, businesses learned to LOVE chaos and that mindset has continued for decades.

When I married, I meant that vow. It was a promise for life. I was THAT SIMPLE. If someone had ever mentioned a pre-nup to me when I was in my 20s, I would have scoffed at that! "Oh he'll never hurt me!" That's what I would have said "He'll never lie to me or hurt me." I was that simple.

Today, I tell all young women to shelve all their romance and get a pre-nup. Because you wake up one day and he throws something at you. WHY? You still don't know why, but the fact is, it happened.

Why would you change your personality and obligations in the latter stages of your life?

If you took Psychology 101 in college, or have learned about Maslow's Theory, phase of life, reach it young or later, and some just don't.
How Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Explains Human Motivation

There's a million reasons why people don't reach that high part of the chart - a million reasons! Lack of income, loss of primary relationships through divorce, separation or death, health problems, recovering from trauma, bad choices, lack of social support, etc., etc.

Personalities can change over time because SH** happens. Life happens. New friends are made and old friends are lost and that can influence our personalities. People COPE, or don't, and try to survive on one of those five levels of Maslow's Pyramid.

I won't answer your other questions because I don't understand the point of your survey.
 
Paco Dennis said:
Has anyone ever figured out what "self actualization" is?
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The closest "thing" I can tell is self actualization is more of an adjective type verb. The quality of life experiences now at age 71 seems to be able to understand much of what is occurring in my surroundings. I can make sense of complex issues without having to have them explained. Life and death questions...things like that. It feels kind of like the appendix in a book, that has all the categories, and parts at quick retrieval. Which makes it a little difficult to explain what is happening in a superfluous way.
 
Blue Collar Poetry said:
I am 71 and have been forced into retirement. After realizing the past is the past and will never be again, I started over. With what I knew I had in my possession at that time a sense of humor, realistic vision of what had happened to me and others and a passionate urge to tell our stories a seniors. We are all on this same train and we get off and on as time passes. What we do with the time given to us is the most important.
I am not a robot, a spiteful old man, a mystery person, no salesperson or anything of that sort.
Within the last 3 years I have written and published my first book of “Blue Collar Poetry”, created and hosted 2 podcasts for seniors based on issues, concerns, education and entertaining interviews with normal everyday people and celebrities within all walks of life. I am currently in the process of releasing my first audiobook hopefully this spring.
I am not one to boast or puff I tend to be the guy in the background, replying only to show transparency and sincerity.
My career in the building materials industry started out in the natural stone industry and lead me to open factories around the world. IF you have a stone or man-made counter top that is what I am talking about.
I am open to share any of my new audio work if I can post or you can Google,
“View from the Back Window / Blue Collar Poetry on Life”.
As why I disappeared from the site after posting I wasn’t hiding I just had something to do, I like to stay busy, while I can.
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Where do you call home ?
 
Question was
Are you aware and prepared for this one-way journey called life?

At 83 a little late to get prepared. As for what comes next fully prepared.

As for the other questions in the post

1.Have you always been the ostrich with your head firmly planted in the ground to avoid the topic? No

2.Have you been a leader, friend, strong companion during your life? Yes

3.Why would you change your personality and obligations in the latter stages of your life? I'm in the latter stages & haven't changed.

4.Are you proud of what you have accomplished, created, produced, managed or finished in your life? Absolutely Yes

5.Was your bucket list simple, beyond reach, realistic or complete fantasy? Realistic, reached & not a fantasy.
 

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