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A discussion for people over 60: Let's focus on what we can do
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What can we start? What can we do ? aside from listing what we can no longer do, no longer start... Am I the only one at a loss?
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I’m starting to read the book, “ Stupid Things I Won’t do When I Get Old” by Steven Petrow. granted I am already old in the eyes of the world but, I find myself acting that way too many times lately. this discussion might bring some positivity back in my life.
Being my husband’s caretaker, I don’t always take care of myself. So my first priority would be to take better care of me! Then reading is my passion. I could start crocheting a baby ensemble for my newly engaged grandson, who may have a baby. If not, I have 3 other grandchildren who might need it for their baby.
I used to volunteer at a nearby hospital and I loved it. However, my husband needs me more than ever, so now I am his caretaker.
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Nannette, of course you’re not the only person over 60 who is feeling the loss of what we were able to do in our 20s and every decade forward. But the ability to change and adapt is a gift we’re given.
Accept, adapt and move on, has been a motto of mine since my mid-30s. I’m now 68, been through a battle with leukemia and had a bone marrow transplant almost 3 years ago. I’ve lost most of my family members and a couple of really close friends. Covid has messed up the ability to physically interact with people but I stay connected and active.
My life has changed but I embrace every single day. I mourned for maybe 10 minutes over some of the things I can no longer do. I don’t dwell on the past or what I can’t do. I focus on what I can do and want to do! Then make it happen.
Heck, I was a gymnast, but at 68 I don’t lament that fact that I can’t do the iron cross on the free rings anymore or that I can’t flip effortlessly on the parallel bars, no backflips or cartwheels…unless it’s on the winter ice! 😅
But what I can do is walk 8 miles a day, or grab my paints or read or sew, or ride my bike. I have no limits. I don’t rely on others for my happiness. The only two things over which we have any control are our attitude and our effort.
Sometimes our fear of failure is what holds us back. What is it that you want to start but can’t?