I know depression. I can feel it coming on and I've learned that one of the best things I can do is to not stay in my Vulcan head but to do something physical. It actually helps a lot.
I'm a tad older at age 58. But what motivates the other comments is in watching my dad. He's 82 now and has had a few recent surgeries. Even though we have talked extensively about it, he doesn't follow through on getting exercise. So when he had a hip replacement two Mays ago, he had a hard time because he didn't have the upper body strength to push himself off a chair (or toilet) and couldn't move in a hospital bed. And these days, while healed from the surgery, he still has a hard time walking because he has allowed his limitations to dictate his range of action. So he parks near the entrance of stores. He has to rest many times at Costco. And yet he's fully aware that when he can no longer do his daily duties of grocery shopping and cleaning and watching tv, we'll have to find some kind of assisted living, to which he is vehemently opposed. You can't have it both ways.
You're far from that, and yet at this point in our lives, now is the time to build foundational strength to keep us on our own.
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I'm a tad older at age 58. But what motivates the other comments is in watching my dad. He's 82 now and has had a few recent surgeries. Even though we have talked extensively about it, he doesn't follow through on getting exercise. So when he had a hip replacement two Mays ago, he had a hard time because he didn't have the upper body strength to push himself off a chair (or toilet) and couldn't move in a hospital bed. And these days, while healed from the surgery, he still has a hard time walking because he has allowed his limitations to dictate his range of action. So he parks near the entrance of stores. He has to rest many times at Costco. And yet he's fully aware that when he can no longer do his daily duties of grocery shopping and cleaning and watching tv, we'll have to find some kind of assisted living, to which he is vehemently opposed. You can't have it both ways.
You're far from that, and yet at this point in our lives, now is the time to build foundational strength to keep us on our own.