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I'm 73. So yes, when I was 35 I more or less thought my life was over. But the best is yet to come. Think about being in the same room for 35 years. No matter w
by talkingtab 5y ago
I'm 73. So yes, when I was 35 I more or less thought my life was over. But the best is yet to come. Think about being in the same room for 35 years. No matter what the room is like, it becomes utterly and completely boring. So get out.
Where to go? For me, the answer came about from wondering what I was capable of becoming. You are not a programmer, or painter or duck or politician. You are capable of becoming anything - well almost. Art always made my heart sing, and while I am not a great artist, I now believe almost everyone can be at least a very good artist of some kind in some form. It is who we are - to sing or paint or write or whatever. And how can you find out if you are the Van Gogh of knitting unless you try?
And yes to the physical side of your being. If you have never done the equivalent of running 15 miles, or hiking up a mountain, or hiking a hundred miles then you just are not getting who you are. (Scaled of course to whatever is a "mountain" for you.) Go for it.
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- zafka 5y agoThanks! It is good to hear from an optimistic 73 year old. Just a decade shy of that mark, I am working out how I will transition to the next phase. Intellectually I know that step one needs to be more physical activity-inertia can be a killer. Thanks again for the inspiration.