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@amiablePeace77  What challenges do you face in aging?

How long do you have? lol

I find that walking more than a mile or two is challenging. People I know continue to disappear from my life. My reasons for living my life are changing. There are so many things that have changed in the last couple years. But change can be good when I embrace it. Life can feel more precious. 

"The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes."  Frank Lloyd Wright

I agree~

What challenges do you face in aging?

Many body parts are dysfunctional.  I move slower most of the time.  I ache in many places for no good reason.

@amiablePeace77

Hi, Ami,

I am in university with people who are 30 to 40 years younger than me.  Even the staff is mostly younger than me.  I struggle to deal with the looks and the comments, and continue on to try to do excellent work.  Plus I have PTSD, so it's hard for me to deal with the pressure of school on top of work.  Plus my bosses at school just eliminated my job.  It ends May 3rd.  So I am dealing with a budget that isn't going to cut it real soon, and I have no one to help me.  So, I can't quit.  I can relate to the pains for no reason and chronic illness.  Need I go on?

I definitely notice th energy levels. Not sure how much is age and how much is mental health.

I am also experiencing a "been there, done that, have nothing else to look forward to" kind of thing. I spent most of my adult life doing the things I wanted to. I had dreams that I tried to achieve and morphed into something else that I tried to achieve and so on. I tried it all. I gave it my all. Now? Um, I dunno what I want next. I don't have anything. It's a blank slate for the second half of my life. This leaves me feeling empty and sad. Sometimes hopeless. It's extremely uncomfortable to have nothing to work towards. No one else I know has this problem. I am trying to focus on improving my mental health as the thing to look forward to. The only thing I haven't done is heal....until now. That seems to be a lifelong journey with no end. And not something I want to do as much something they would be helpful so I am doing it.

Ok. I have rambled enough. Good prompt. Thanks.

What challenges do I face? This sense that I'm starting all over again. On the one hand, it's a thrill, on the other hand, it's terrifying. I'm navigating this life mostly on my own. I desperately need to build up a support network of some kind. Fortunately, physically and mentally I'm doing well, but the emotional stresses of parenting, aging parents, and a failing relationship are taking their toll. 

I disagree with the quote from Wright, but then I'm a pragmatist at best & a pessimist by temperament. The more I see of this world--& I've seen a few different aspects of it so far--the more it appears hideous & ugly, with civilization only a thin veneer over its basic essence of conflict, bloodshed & universal pain. Sometimes I really do believe that life--not just human life, but life itself--was a tragic evolutionary mistake.

Think about it: If nothing lived on this planet, there would be no suffering of any kind. That's a plus, however you slice it. There wouldn't be any deprivation of the good things in life because no one & nothing would exist to feel deprived.

Challenges in aging? For me they're mostly the same as for everyone else: less energy, ebbing ability to recover from exertion & damage of various kinds, boredom when I see the younger generations make the same mistakes that mine made. (This last is particularly acute; as a history geek, I'm considerably more familiar with humankind's follies than the average man on the street)