Posts Tagged: ageing
What Would You Say to Your Younger Self?
Just about everyone grows up with pressure to look, think, communicate and act in certain ways. The expectations may have been your parents’ wishes, the culture of your extended family, based on religious beliefs or a national/ethnic identity, based on
What Would You Say to Your Younger Self?
Just about everyone grows up with pressure to look, think, communicate and act in certain ways. The expectations may have been your parents’ wishes, the culture of your extended family, based on religious beliefs or a national/ethnic identity, based on
Never Again
This is a follow-up to a previous post, Never Ever. I have done many things in the past that I will never do again. Some were mistakes I learned from. I have lost interest in other things. There is stuff I
Never Again
This is a follow-up to a previous post, Never Ever. I have done many things in the past that I will never do again. Some were mistakes I learned from. I have lost interest in other things. There is stuff I
Dear Old Lady
My mom is in her mid-70s and has recently developed two major health problems. She has significant hearing loss which is not corrected by a hearing aid. She has arthritis in her hip and is on a waiting list for
Dear Old Lady
My mom is in her mid-70s and has recently developed two major health problems. She has significant hearing loss which is not corrected by a hearing aid. She has arthritis in her hip and is on a waiting list for
This Year’s Wardrobe
Once again I have taken stock of all my clothes. Four years ago, I started paring back my wardrobe in an attempt to cut it back by 50%. I am within two items of that goal! I have long since
This Year’s Wardrobe
Once again I have taken stock of all my clothes. Four years ago, I started paring back my wardrobe in an attempt to cut it back by 50%. I am within two items of that goal! I have long since
Owning My Inner 50-Year-Old
When I was 17, and my parents were 40, I would look at older folks and think: People in their 60s – seniors. People in their 50s – boring, like watching paint dry. I knew that folks in their 40s
Owning My Inner 50-Year-Old
When I was 17, and my parents were 40, I would look at older folks and think: People in their 60s – seniors. People in their 50s – boring, like watching paint dry. I knew that folks in their 40s
Glory Days
Recently I came away from Nick Hornsby’s latest book, Funny Girl, thinking about how we often dwell in the past. I always said I would never be one of those people who constantly relives a shining moment from their teen
Glory Days
Recently I came away from Nick Hornsby’s latest book, Funny Girl, thinking about how we often dwell in the past. I always said I would never be one of those people who constantly relives a shining moment from their teen
I Am My Body. I Am Not My Body.
Sometimes I feel like my body is me, and other times I feel like my body merely houses me. I know I am a biological entity, and my belief is that I don’t exist without a body. I need the
I Am My Body. I Am Not My Body.
Sometimes I feel like my body is me, and other times I feel like my body merely houses me. I know I am a biological entity, and my belief is that I don’t exist without a body. I need the
Older, Worser
When I was a youngster, I went through a phase of thinking old people were kind of pathetic. Not my grandparents, of course, but all those other old people. Maybe I got this from my Nan, who hated going shopping
Older, Worser
When I was a youngster, I went through a phase of thinking old people were kind of pathetic. Not my grandparents, of course, but all those other old people. Maybe I got this from my Nan, who hated going shopping
I’m an Adult Now
What I thought adult life would be like: What real adult life is like: Not at all a bad trade-off! When I turned 18, I could vote and attend R-rated movies. When I turned 19, I could sign a legally
I’m an Adult Now
What I thought adult life would be like: What real adult life is like: Not at all a bad trade-off! When I turned 18, I could vote and attend R-rated movies. When I turned 19, I could sign a legally
Signs of Ageing (+ Bonus Old Geezer Test)
I have an unusual perspective on ageing because I literally aged overnight. I had my first grey hair at 16 and started colouring my hair when I was 24. My mom never coloured her hair and was grey by 30,
Signs of Ageing (+ Bonus Old Geezer Test)
I have an unusual perspective on ageing because I literally aged overnight. I had my first grey hair at 16 and started colouring my hair when I was 24. My mom never coloured her hair and was grey by 30,
An Exacting Life 