finesse_r
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To What degree have you lost energy and drive as you have aged?
For me, it began in my mid 50’s. I became aware, I would get tired after being up and working for 8 or 9 hours. It was mostly an inability to maintain a high level of focus and concentration that is required for many activities. There was a slow but steady decline in my ability to remain focused over the next 10 to 12 years and by age 67 I was having difficulty working physically more than 3 hours a day or concentrating on technical matters more than about a half a day.
In addition my short term memory which was never my strong suit to begin with, declined as well.
Today just a few months short of 70 I can walk for an hour more or less with no problem. However if I try doing an hour and half walk each day I start having pretty good pains and aches. Trying to remember random numbers is more than a struggle, it is almost impossible. Worse I can at times get up to go get something and forget what I was going for before I get there. LOL
My powers of concentration are at best 35 to 40 percent of what they were in my youth, and my physical stamina is closer to 20 to 25 percent of what it was in my youth.
Due to the sensitive nature of the viewers of this site, I will not even go into some other declines I have experienced. LOL
My metabolism has slowed down so that if I eat anything close to what I would like to I gain weight very quickly, so I am in a constant state of dieting.
I was just wondering if others were experiencing the same decline in both physical and mental abilities as they enter the so-called golden years.
For me, it began in my mid 50’s. I became aware, I would get tired after being up and working for 8 or 9 hours. It was mostly an inability to maintain a high level of focus and concentration that is required for many activities. There was a slow but steady decline in my ability to remain focused over the next 10 to 12 years and by age 67 I was having difficulty working physically more than 3 hours a day or concentrating on technical matters more than about a half a day.
In addition my short term memory which was never my strong suit to begin with, declined as well.
Today just a few months short of 70 I can walk for an hour more or less with no problem. However if I try doing an hour and half walk each day I start having pretty good pains and aches. Trying to remember random numbers is more than a struggle, it is almost impossible. Worse I can at times get up to go get something and forget what I was going for before I get there. LOL
My powers of concentration are at best 35 to 40 percent of what they were in my youth, and my physical stamina is closer to 20 to 25 percent of what it was in my youth.
Due to the sensitive nature of the viewers of this site, I will not even go into some other declines I have experienced. LOL
My metabolism has slowed down so that if I eat anything close to what I would like to I gain weight very quickly, so I am in a constant state of dieting.
I was just wondering if others were experiencing the same decline in both physical and mental abilities as they enter the so-called golden years.
I am about to turn 62. In 98 I nearly died from a lung disease from automotive paint. Recovered from that one and it is completely gone but got sick last fall and it turns out I have a second lung disease unrelated to the other. I have been in education for 31 years, administration for the past 17 of those. I have normally worked 10-14 hour days for years but no more. I am trying to keep it at 10 or less. I take naps (just what I was doing before answering this thread), I have less tolerance for people who don't listen and just do heir own thing, hearing is shot, no aids yet, memory is OK near as I can tell. Cant climb a ladder like I once did, once a very good athlete, the stamina (lungs), and balance are not there but for my age I can still outwork guys in their 40's and 50's most of he time. I don't let things bother me and having a large to do list bugs me because I know I cant get as much done as in the past. Last May had a small TIA but nothing since. Yep, getting older is not a picnic. I am often told I look much younger than 62, have all of my hair (girls loved it when I was in HS) and it is lightly gray sprinkled in. Cant pee like I use to, doc says a rotter router job is coming up some day. I have already turned in my retirement for June and plan to do some part time stuff, nothing serious, I just want to enjoy life going forward.
