Shocked by aging process

Posted by seniormiz @seniormiz, Jan 25 8:54am

My fingernails and toenails stopped growing and just keep breaking off. My hair is falling out. My memory is not as sharp and sometimes I feel a little woozy. I hate this. I want my body and my senses back.

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Ray Kemble | @ray666 | Jun 23 9:26am

In reply to @barbaradh "No, Ray, I think they are common than that. I have kept mine since the 1980s." + (show)

Hi again, @barbaradh

Me, too. I have a half dozen "retired" commonplaces on the shelf. I can't recall when I first started. "Long ago," that's for sure. 🙂

Ray (@ray666)

capnjack | @capnjack | Jun 24 8:49am

In reply to @ray666 "Hi, @gravity3 A commonplace, or common book, is usually a notebook of sorts in which a..." + (show)

@ray666 So, much like a diary, although that (diary, or journal) sort of dictates that you post to it daily. While I've never kept a diary or journal, I have a notebook on the nightstand in which I've recorded significant or unusual dreams. Haven't posted anything lately - maybe I need to adjust my late-night snacking to promote something noteworthy.

Ray Kemble | @ray666 | Jun 24 1:37pm

In reply to @capnjack "@ray666 So, much like a diary, although that (diary, or journal) sort of dictates that you..." + (show)

Ah, the ol' late-night snacking! That's a weakness of mine, too, @capnjack. It used to be ice cream, but I found myself overindulging. I now use dark chocolate, four little squares, no more, no less. And I make a point of having those square ca. 8 p.m., so they're out of my tummy by bedtime.

I guess I've gotten used to the regimen of a daily journal. But I keep small spiral-bound notebooks scattered about my house, so when I get an idea, I've a place to put it down; otherwise, it'll fly off into the ether.

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)

shmerdloff | @shmerdloff | Jun 24 3:51pm

In reply to @ray666 "Ah, the ol' late-night snacking! That's a weakness of mine, too, @capnjack. It used to be..." + (show)

@ray666
Mine is all sorts of paper scraps in the shoe box. ....hopefully not all over the house.

Ray Kemble | @ray666 | Jun 24 4:32pm

In reply to @shmerdloff "@ray666 Mine is all sorts of paper scraps in the shoe box. ....hopefully not all over..." + (show)

A shoebox will do the trick, @shmerdloff. I've only recently realized that I need to "standize" my note-taking. When I've an idea, I'll grab whatever scrap of paper is readily available. True story? The other day I saw something I'd scribbled on one of those little squares of paper the pachagers put between slices of sliced cheese. I tried to read what I'd written. I couldn't. So no more squares of paper between slices of sliced cheese. From now on, only bona fide notebooks! 🙂

shmerdloff | @shmerdloff | Jun 24 5:25pm

If there's no paper, I'll etch it into the cheese.

Here's one: Sympathy is what you have seeing another person's plight. Empathy comes from having been there yourself and living through another's plight with them.

babbsjoy | @babbsjoy | Jun 25 7:26am

I will often use the Notes area on my iPhone, to jot down things I want to remember, anything from a sermon, the title and author of a book I want to read, thoughts that I want to reflect upon more, to a summary of one of my dad’s doctors appointments. Very handy since phone is usually with me.