I'm getting old

Let’s see...I need to wear reader glasses everywhere I go now.

I spend 20 minutes in front of the mirror now to get my hair right to hide the fact it’s only thinning on one side of my head. Why isn’t hair loss/thinning symmetrical!

I’ve become too accustomed to wearing jorts with leather sandals.

I pay cash for most things because if I use a debit or credit card, I typically cannot remember what the charge was for when the statement shows up 2 months later.

I now go through the motions of checking my door was locked twice before I leave home since I’m unsure if I locked it two minutes ago.

What’s the topic of this thread, btw?

 

It's more like, "I'm not the badass I use to think I was."

 

I have lost the hair on my head.
I've lost the hair on my legs below the calf.
I have hair growing out of my ears, nose, and eyebrows.

 

My dad told me all the men in our family are missing the hair on their lower legs due to all the waterskiing we do.

 

Never trust a fart after 40.
CPAP's are a gift from God himself.
5.11 Velcro belts are required daily wear.
Mostly listen to talk radio these days.
Haven't darkened the door to a movie theater in 15 years.

Damn IM getting old. The big 60 is coming this year.

 

I play music for a living, hike and camp frequently with my family, and wrestle my kids every night. I’ve stayed pretty active, drinking one cup of black coffee every morning and a beer in the evening more nights than not. My lifestyle has been that of an outdoorsy 25 year old for the last 15 years.

But the fact that I am sore every day after hiking 5+ miles or wrenching on my truck reminds me that I’m 40. I get ITBS in my left knee when I hike too far. Sometimes I sleep wrong, and my neck hurts for a day or two. Threw my back out a few times in the last two years. Figured out that if I do two simple exercises on the floor every morning, I can keep it from happening again. Coffee started giving me heartburn issues, so I switched to black tea last week. Sugar started giving me headaches a couple years ago, so I have one dietary rule: I avoid everything with processed or added sugar or corn syrup. Yes, that is as difficult as it sounds.

I bought some ruck plates to throw in my pack, and I intend to start training regularly. I should not be this sore after strenuous physical activity. I used to just do whatever I wanted and never hurt or paid any kind of price the next day. The older I get, the more I’m realizing I have to be intentional with my health in order to keep doing the things I love with the frequency at which I do them.

 

I've started wearing shorts that are cut above the knee. Luis there's nothing wrong with shorts above the knees, because if your wearing them past your knees.....well then your sporting Capri's. were you sporting Capri's Luis with white socks and brown sandals

 

My wife bought me some goofy fur lined slippers from Lands End for Christmas, told her i wasn't really a slipper kind of guy. Have them on right now while sipping an adult beverage.... I have to admit, very warm and comfy.

 

Black socks only but never with sandals.

 

I keep telling myself I'll stop putting things off...

Starting tomorrow.

 

Stopped plucking grey hairs out of my eyebrows 15 years ago. I have one Covid hair growing out of my right ear that is an inch long. I like wearing floppies with white socks.

Edit: checking out Tundras.com at 4:30 in the AM

 

But are you also reading bridge strategies in the print newspaper?

 

That's a good excuse. I tell myself it's from wearing downhill ski boots. Unfortunately, I know it's a lie because my father has the same lower leg baldness and he never skied a day in his life.

 

Keep doing what you are doing. I'm 52 and have a more physical and active work and personal life than most and I still have all of the aches and pains on a daily basis. This is what it feels like to be living. The aches and pains don't prevent me from doing anything, they just offer me a physical reminder to go along with the mental memory of what kind of fun I had the day before.
One thing I have discovered over the years is that hydration seems to minimize some of the aches and pains so I make sure I am well hydrated and stay hydrated throughout any extended physical activity. And with no real proof, Osteo Bi Flex seems to offer some relief.

 

Yikes! I gave up on print newspaper 20 years ago...if I started, I’d have to read the whole thing...2 hours later...

 

I'd probably have to go back to the beginning since I'd probably forget what it was all about by the end.

 

Wait...maybe I’m getting younger
I used to do crossword puzzles...not any more. Hallelujah

 

I may be 61, but I have the body of a 60 year old!

 

I’m afraid of pulling a muscle every time I feel a sneeze coming.

I don’t what the hell I do while sleeping, but it must be violent bc I’m achy and creaky every morning. Today I woke up with a sore left hip, just because.