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Tell me all about it, dear...
Diane - 2012-10-01 03:25:01
I just turned 60. This is a coming to terms thing .. and I mean your own terms. Creating a life and death meaning that is meaningful to just you and how you wish to live the years you have left and letting go of the garbage. I'm still working on this part too. Physically I want to be as healthy as I can reasonably be while being reasonable about it, mentally & physically. It looks like you are coming to the same conclusions that are right for your life. I have to say though that others opinions of us are really tough to shake. Good luck with that. I've made progress but I'm hardly perfect.
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Dichroic - 2012-10-01 05:48:43
Me, I want to stick around as long as I can. Mi want to be one of those people competing in regattas at 70, 80, 90 - and winning by virtue of my Giant Handicap. I want to be like my Great-great uncle Walt, driving cross-country in my 80s. I want to be learning new things and playing with new gadgets. And books!i find new good books every week or two. Think of all the great ones still to be written - how can I bear to miss any of those?
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Amy - 2012-10-01 06:50:13
So, if I understand you, you're saying that your quality of life is destined to be so low (starting sometime very soon), that you may as well not even live life? I agree with you on some points; longevity is over-rated (although, if someone were actively trying to kill me, I would probably be singing a different tune). I am finally starting to accept that money and beauty are over-rated, too. Personally, my life is about making myself happy on a day-to-day basis. My chosen activities aren't always the most comfortable, but I enjoy being challenged. In the most important and fundamental ways, the way I live puts me at peace. In other words, I do what floats my boat, and my boat floats... If your boat is floating, the next 50 years will be gravy.
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Stephanie - 2012-10-01 11:00:32
My sister and I were just talking about this subject the other day. We both agree that we most definitely do NOT want to live the life of our 101 year old grandmother. Her decline didn't begin until her 90s, though. If I could be in the same mental and physical shape she was, that would be okay with me. But, when it's over, I want it to really be over.
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alison - 2012-10-01 15:08:11
I had to give up on some pretty big dreams myself and while some of it was about "showing everyone" some of it was just pure love. Then the love turned to disappointment, not in the lack of success but in peoples inability to allow me to just enjoy the act of singing, or acting without making me feel bad about not being more successful. I just never landed in the right place at the right time or worked hard enough. They tell me if they could sing like me they would be more. I don't sing at all anymore, it just causes me pain. At least no one ever expected me to be any good at writing so that still belongs to me. I only want to live well so I can enjoy my son, so late in coming to me, and maybe see his little ones before I go. But I say eat cheetos if you like, no one gets out of here alive.
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Terri T. - 2012-10-01 19:14:54
I don't really feel my age until I look in the mirror or think about my birth year....that sucks!
I want to live a reasonably healthy life and have time to read all those books.....and be happy to get out of bed every morning...
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stepfordtart - 2012-10-02 21:36:28
You ended that entry with my most favouritest song of all time ever in the whole wide world. : ) s x
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Joan - 2012-10-03 22:09:49
I'm 55 and it is scary, but when I compare my 86 year old father who has sat on the couch for the last 20 years to my 81 year old mother who still works 2 days a week, I know that I want to continue to move and be a part of LIFE.
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