What Things Do You Do That Make You "Feel Your Age"?

SeaBreeze

SeaBreeze

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Sometimes I'll be doing something physically that make me really 'feel my age'. Yesterday, I was outside for a few hours using the leaf blower, sweeping up and bagging leaves. Second time this season, and thankfully it looks like the last, any few stray leaves from this point can stay. Just don't want a bunch of leaves on the ground when the snow hits, hard to shovel the mix. :p

After that, I didn't want to do anything else at all, that was enough. Guess the bending over is the biggest thing for me, I don't want to hurt my back at all. Nice thing was, I noticed when a few cars passed me by, the drivers smiled, waved or nodded, so that was good, always welcome people who are not angry all the time.

How about you? Do you do anything that makes you feel your age? Or are you good to go just like when you were a spring chicken? :hair:
 

Still a spring chicken but that's only because I workout faithfully in the effort to put off feeling my age for a long time.
 
Stiffness when I get out of bed. I used to be able to just hit the floor running... Now I have to walk it off a bit before I can straighten up and move.
 

My washer and dryer are in the basement and going up and down the stairs tires me
out and makes my lower back ache.When I'm finished the laundry I really feel my age and
need a rest.
 
I used to be able to spend an entire day visiting museums, often several in one day. (I live near the Smithsonian.) No more. One museum is enough; after a couple of hours I'm ready to go home.
 
Doing heavy hauling, ladder climbing, and cleaning and lifting things around in the yard ... my back kills me!!! .. and I've been doing a lot of that lately! .. No help for me this week... and we're going to get a freeze soon. I have been putting things away in the shed and garage for the winter.
Hope I'm about done ... :D .... and where's that aspirin bottle?
 
Sunny said:
I used to be able to spend an entire day visiting museums, often several in one day. (I live near the Smithsonian.) No more. One museum is enough; after a couple of hours I'm ready to go home.
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I find museums really tiring although I had no problem on my visit to the American History Museum in DC in 2010.
 
Getting out of the recliner after sitting too long in it.
Working on our boat/getting it ready for "boating season". After taking everything out in the Fall and taking home, then, putting everything back in in the Spring.
Even though we love going to the zoo, three hours of walking around can really exhaust us!
After we play our Wii Game for an hour......bowling, tennis, ping-pong, 3-Point basketball.

Oh yea, our bodies could handle this stuff MUCH easier some 10 to 20 years ago!
 
Thought of a couple of age-related stuff. Occasional plantar fasciitis. Allergies didn't hit until my 50's and the doctor said allergies often show up or increase with age. Vision and hearing used to be perfect. Dry eyes as well.
 
I worked for years as a carpenter and could frame and hang board with the best of them, better then most, now I do a little job and am ready to take a nap....
 
shedevil7953 said:
Wish there was a 'like' button for these posts!
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I know what you mean shedevil, there isn't one in the conventional sense but there is a kinda one..it's called the 'reputation button'

It's bottom left of the users post ( star)...you can write something on their and send it adding to the users reputation and they will get notice of it at the top of the page..but not quite as good as a 'like' button that everyone can see!!
 
Allergies, arthritic hands, stiffness, hearing loss and great grandchildren....hey, I've got you all beat.
 

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