Remembering the last time I flew on a plane, I said “I didn’t have to take my shoes off, but maybe it was because I was old.”
And that was a couple of years ago.
“OK, so now you're "after old.”
I wonder what to call it…this free life without the encumbrance of being elderly. Certainly not “dead!”
I’m going to stew on it a while…
It's been fun thinking about what to call my life, my daily existence. Another blogger was talking about what generations are called these days. I wonder when we started naming each generation, anyway.
I remember when I studied psychology, there were all these stages of mankind...you know, infant to elders. And now so many people in their 50s are considering themselves middle aged...but when in mid-60s they often used to retire.
Many people now work into their 70s. These people are certainly what used to be considered "old" but certainly not elderly. As I hit my 80s I didn't mind calling myself an elder. I even toyed for some years with being a crone. Just couldn't get anyone else on board that this was a good thing, however.
So far I've thought maybe Apex...or something along those lines. Pinnacle?
Survivor? Certainly Thriver.
Put your thinking caps on and make some good suggestions.
That is, of course, if you are interested in this post-elderly existence!
Interesting list without good proof reading...I went back and re-read them all and not one is a "rest." so
"which one rest describes your life?" didn't work. Then I changed "rest" to "best" and voila!
an interesting list. some apply also to us you gsters in our 70s
ReplyDeleteI had to go into early retirement around 50 because of chronic pain problems after an accident, so I've been struggling with the age question (and feeling) for quite a while - without really coming to any conclusions. At 71 I'm in some ways in better condition than I was at 50, but still less active than some friends over 80 - while some friends younger than me are sadly no longer in the land of the living at all. On the whole, I appreciated turning 65 (common retirement age here) because since then I no longer have to explain "why" I'm no longer working. And by now, no one even asks... ;)
ReplyDeleteI think of "this free life without the encumbrance of being elderly" as being a Vibrant Senior.
ReplyDeleteI assume we started naming ages once we had the boomers or the baby boomers. I doubt that it happened before that, but I’m not certain of course everybody else wanted to get in on the act so we have Gen Z or whatever it is and I never know what they mean.
ReplyDeleteI can't keep all of the generations straight.
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ReplyDeleteI hope to stay active, at least taking walks with my dog. Hubby and I will both be 70 in December.
Things on the list, I have never felt right asking for help, not sure why. I do enjoy the peace, just being home. Happy Friday, take care and enjoy your day! Have a happy weekend.
My cardio on meeting me,at 87, me not him, for the first time, exclaimed "You're vibrant" I thought he was too young for a vibrator joke, so I refrained. Not a single one of those over 80 points, or whines, is one I'd sign off on. This decade is very happy. Vibrant, even!
ReplyDeleteFrankly, the older I get, the more I like the title "crone." I feel I deserve it more every year.
ReplyDeleteTurned 80 today. Don't think it will affect me much, but sure is riling up friends and neighbors! Some true congrats but some tinged with 'oh good for you' and 'hang in there' and 'well it's better than the alternative'. Sheesh. Mom lived to 100. Methinks I'll be buying green bananas for a good long time. Vibrant this!
ReplyDeleteKris in Ohio
I like vibrant!
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