Do you push limitations or give in to them?

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Of course it depends on the situation. But I greatly admire people who accept no limitations and push the boundaries beyond what's expected because I'm not like that. :oops: People who push boundaries can accomplish so much. I'm good at taking a position and holding the fort, but scaling Mt. Everest is something I wouldn't even attempt. :ROFLMAO:
 
Hmmmmmmmmm! At my age (76), I don't push any boundaries anymore and I'm glad I don't. Just living for another day is a BIG deal for me. Anyway, I never was much of a competitive or pushy guy. I leave all that to those sports guys who watch 12 hours of sports on TV everyday. I was other things to do; things that are not competitive. These things include exercising, making my meals, playing my guitar and just surviving for another day.
 
chic said:
Of course it depends on the situation. But I greatly admire people who accept no limitations and push the boundaries beyond what's expected because I'm not like that. :oops: People who push boundaries can accomplish so much. I'm good at taking a position and holding the fort, but scaling Mt. Everest is something I wouldn't even attempt. :ROFLMAO:
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yes I'm extremely competitive, so I push boundaries on lots of things, always have .. even my health if truth be told... but of course I'm not entirely devoid of sense and I'm not quite as bad as I once was at ignoring signs that I shouldn't perhaps do things that might not be the most sensible thing for me .. but nothing ventured nothing gained as they say.. and that's been pretty much my life's mantra..
 
I used to stupidly not wear a seat belt because I didn't like being told I had to. Nothing happened to me, but instead of making a public no seat belt wearing example of myself, I just started wearing my seat belt because of that annoying alert dinging inside the car. My dopey boundary-pushing didn't change anything one way or the other, but that dinging thing, something like that was all I needed to cool my rebellion.
 
Judycat said:
I used to stupidly not wear a seat belt because I didn't like being told I had to. Nothing happened to me, but instead of making a public no seat belt wearing example of myself, I just started wearing my seat belt because of that annoying alert dinging inside the car. My dopey boundary-pushing didn't change anything one way or the other, but that dinging thing, something like that was all I needed to cool my rebellion.
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I hate when my car "talks" to me.
 
Knight said:
For physically demanding projects I typically didn't know what my limitation was until I've exceeded what ever it was I was doing at the time. That is one of the pluses of being older, your body tells you you've done to much.
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Sadly true. There are all kinds of limitations, emotional, job related, financial and physical but physical can be the worst if you push too hard.
 
As I've grown older, my Risk Aversion has increased. When I think back at some of the stuff I did years ago, I'm glad I survived. Now, I try to think ahead, and reduce my risks. I drive more carefully, use power tools more carefully, and try to avoid anything that might affect my health, etc.
 
Am an elite skier and backpacker, both of which have many physical dangers. As an enthusiast for decades, I didn't reach 73 by not intelligently understanding limitations. Likewise working decades in hardware electronic engineering groups that was full of competitive landmines, I endured where most others failed in part by knowing what I was capable of, where I was weak, and how to work in team environments leveraging skills of others just not my own.
 
Judycat said:
I just started wearing my seat belt because of that annoying alert dinging inside the car.
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I wore mine before there were such devices, not because of any rules but because I thought it might save injury one day. That said, I would dearly love to know how to deactivate that damned alarm! I don't need to buckel my seat belt when just moving the car around in my own driveway...

Same thing with the Covid stuff, I got vaccinated because I believe it reduces my risk of illness, and I wore and still wear a mask, but only when I believe it is protecting someone. Not myself so much as others. I do this on my own, not because of some requirement or other.
 
I agree with Mr. Fields

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Sometimes, if potential benefits of pushing them are worth the risks.

Most often these days i keep at chores longer than i should because my stamina isn't what it was. I can recognize i should stop for a while or the day, but sometimes other things i need to get done, or weather makes it seem better to finish a heavy physical task so I'm not having to do it again the next day. Then I'm exhausted the next day, but since i finished.the heavy chore(s) the day before i can take it easier.

But i also respect the power of nature and physics: i prepare for storms, dress for terrain when hiking, carry emergency supplies, wear seat belt (the wisdom of it is evident to anyone that understands momentum), when bodysurfing or swimming in the ocean i always got out before i was exhausted.

And then there's extreme situations where i might push limits to stand up for a principle, protect someone vulnerable, person (especially a child) or animal.
 
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