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How do you deal with aging?

Aging Well | Last Active: Oct 2 11:38am | Replies (401)

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@matle

Hi, I am 72, but already I am thinking about how many years I am going to live, and I am afrade that I am not going to have enough time to do what I love to do and I want to do.

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Hello @matle
What are some of the things you love to do?

I hear you! It is an interesting time of life. What do you love and want to do? I hope that you are enjoying as much of those things now as you want. Do you have any kind of practice that helps you stay in these present moments and that helps you appreciate them instead of getting ensnared in worry.

@matle Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I bet many of us can relate to your comment!

My dad told me once, "do what you want to do, when you know you can do it, because you don't know when you might not be able to do it anymore." He told me of regrets in his life for not getting out to do certain things.

We are not promised tomorrow, nor do we know our "expiration date". What do you love to do, what do you want to do? What steps are you making today to see those things accomplished?
Ginger

On the other hand..I would like to pursue my hobbies, but my physical disabilities have curtailed most of them.
It’s frustrating and depressing that I can’t enjoy the things that I once did.

If I made it to a thousand, I couldn't do everything I want to do.
At 66, more than five years after a stroke, I'm grateful for the things I've done but wish I had the mobility to do more.