This year
Category Getting old
This has been a tough year for me. I have always been subjected to mood swings over the years and I have been trending downward for the last several months. For the most part this is, I am sure, due to the approach in a year, my 60th birthday. When I look around and see all of the misery in Haiti and the physical state of people that I see on the streets, I have very little to legitimately complain about, but I can feel the years starting to catch up with me. I now need to actually sleep every night – all nighters working late on projects are a thing of the past. I have joints that ache at times and I’ve got a slowly developing cataract that is obscuring my vision, and I can’t say I really spring out of bed any more – rather I slowly creak to a standing position. Nothing serious, but certainly a constant reminder that I am no longer young (and yes, I know that age is often about attitude). Do I sound whiney? I don’t mean to, I just don’t like getting old – but of course there is very little that I can really do about it.
This has been a tough year for me. I have always been subjected to mood swings over the years and I have been trending downward for the last several months. For the most part this is, I am sure, due to the approach in a year, my 60th birthday. When I look around and see all of the misery in Haiti and the physical state of people that I see on the streets, I have very little to legitimately complain about, but I can feel the years starting to catch up with me. I now need to actually sleep every night – all nighters working late on projects are a thing of the past. I have joints that ache at times and I’ve got a slowly developing cataract that is obscuring my vision, and I can’t say I really spring out of bed any more – rather I slowly creak to a standing position. Nothing serious, but certainly a constant reminder that I am no longer young (and yes, I know that age is often about attitude). Do I sound whiney? I don’t mean to, I just don’t like getting old – but of course there is very little that I can really do about it.