There really is something backward about living…. We spend the first five years of our lives barely able to walk, then spend the next twenty on our butts trying to develop/establish a career that will hopefully feed us and our activities for the next fifty. THEN, when we have all the knowledge, a few bucks and finally time to DO all these things we’ve dreamt of, the body says “HAHAHA! Sit down”. I am not aging gracefully. I will NOT go quietly into THAT good night..
Husband in his middle 50s was burned out at work. He would come home and take a nap every afternoon. So I stupidly talked him into quitting his job and I would keep working while he tried to build up our handcrafted business. My accounting clients died (down to 4 of them) and the craft business still has not taken off close to 20 years alter.
But we live relatively like children (especially since Covid started and mostly never had to be anywhere at a specific time). We wake towards noon and go to bed around 3 or 4 am.
Rocky Premium Member 4 months ago
You got that right!
Yakety Sax 4 months ago
This is me. (sigh)
Gent 4 months ago
Me can bearly stays awake too.
WhatsTheJoke 4 months ago
I really need to get a comfortable chair like that to sleep in.
zerotvus 4 months ago
I can’t tell you all the great Youtube videos I’ve slept through…..
bobpickett1 4 months ago
true
juicebruce 4 months ago
To many things to do ! No room for being tired ;-) Small 10 minute cat naps to recharge the battery :-)
phritzg Premium Member 4 months ago
Actually, taking a nap is at the top of the list of things many old pluggers want to do.
sousamannd 4 months ago
It’s not always ‘want to,’ it is ‘need’ to.
namleht 4 months ago
Nope… I finally get to do what I have always wanted…..reading books outside in the nice weather…inside in the hellish weather
Strawberry King 4 months ago
The days of clubbin’ and barhoppin’ are over. Pluggers wanna hit the sack.
Tom 4 months ago
I have finally accumulated all the tools I could ever use, but now I have no desire to use them.
ctolson 4 months ago
Something we didn’t want ot do as little kids, but now do on our own terms.
kv450 4 months ago
Ouch – the truth hurts (as does my back ;)
Alberta Oil Premium Member 4 months ago
It’s all about timing.. and most us miss the mark.
SnuffyG 4 months ago
“If youth but knew; if age but could.” – Henri Estienne “Wisdom is wasted on the old, and youth is wasted on the young.” – George Bernard Shaw
pheets 4 months ago
There really is something backward about living…. We spend the first five years of our lives barely able to walk, then spend the next twenty on our butts trying to develop/establish a career that will hopefully feed us and our activities for the next fifty. THEN, when we have all the knowledge, a few bucks and finally time to DO all these things we’ve dreamt of, the body says “HAHAHA! Sit down”. I am not aging gracefully. I will NOT go quietly into THAT good night..
EMGULS79 4 months ago
Not if he’s kept himself in shape over the years. Use it or lose it!
Robert- 50d99b] 4 months ago
Is this before, after or during, doing anything he wants?
Ginny Premium Member 4 months ago
Amen, sister…
goboboyd 4 months ago
Too financially embarrassed.
sterref05 4 months ago
Yep. That’s about right.
mistercatworks 4 months ago
I still do a LOT of things I like to do but the midday nap is no longer optional.
tcayer 4 months ago
When I was little, my parents made me go to bed at 9. I told myself, when I’m grown up, I will stay up as late as I want! Turns out, it’s 9 o’clock!
mafastore 3 months ago
Husband in his middle 50s was burned out at work. He would come home and take a nap every afternoon. So I stupidly talked him into quitting his job and I would keep working while he tried to build up our handcrafted business. My accounting clients died (down to 4 of them) and the craft business still has not taken off close to 20 years alter.
But we live relatively like children (especially since Covid started and mostly never had to be anywhere at a specific time). We wake towards noon and go to bed around 3 or 4 am.
Don’t get a lot done, but having fun.