Hello, Everybody-
I'm healing and am virtually pain free if I stay within my limits.
Having to focus on light weight tasks enabled me to get an extended, detailed project finished in one day.
When I started this discussion I thought we'd mostly talk about various preparatory actions, projects, designs, home modifications, and such, i.e. "Make it, fix it or do it and it'll be done and you'll be ready to age in place."
That's very good, but it's probably less than half of the reality we must face, not just as we age, but for all of our lives.
We need to be prepared for the unexpected, we need to expect it, and we need to have ways to manage our attitudes and feelings as we encounter it. We need to not feel like weak, elderly victims!
If you read over the posts throughout the Aging Well discussions you'll see how often the attitude is a major part of the problem and its solution.
So often the unexpected is fun, helpful, kind, beautiful, generous, and so on. But when I hear "The Unexpected" something inside me assumes it will be mean and bigger than me.
I'll try to do a better job of noticing how many lovely things are unexpected this week. That might make a big difference.