seniors when you turned 65 how were you feeling,old,not so old,?

Question

now adays they say 55 is being considered a senior, certainly a junior senior,anyway, have you gotten to a point where you are really starting to feel old,older and not relating to everything, as you did say even when you were 65 or 70, seniors up there in their 80's are you guys feeling old? how is it going? Are you guys still looking forward,or have many concerns set in and is life becoming a burden, or do you still have plans and aspiring to do things? God bless,to all, (i will be 63 in October and feeling pretty good,but sorta looking at the coming years if there are coming years with some concern, anyway, all is good,to those that love and believe GOD another question here for another time about God

Answer 1

If I could give a youngster like you any advice,it would be to enjoy each day and get as much out of it as possible. Don't look at anything as having an age attached to it. If you enjoy music,enjoy every kind that makes you feel happy.The best lesson I learned as a geriatric nurse was a patient we admitted one day. He had just turned 92 and we were asking him about his life in general. We also asked him how his childhood had been. He looked at us rather quizzically and said,"It's been fine til now.". That became my motto. I'll be 74 in January.

Answer 2

I thought about feeling old at your age but I really didn't. I kept my health until I got in my 70's but still don't feel old at 79. My health isn't all that great but I still look forward to living each day to the fulliest. Best advise I can give you is to not waste one minute of any day. Live to the fullilest and do all lhe things you like because some things go away with age and that's when you miss them the most. Never worry about tomorrow. As they say, tomorrow may never come.

Answer 3

I have always felt old. not old like decrepit but old by what i know! I try to learn something new everyday of my life. when I was 11 years old , i felt old because i knew more at 11 then I knew at 10. So each year in my life has added knowledge! Now I am 73 years old and I still feel wiser then i did last year.And i expect I will feel this way till i am gone. ( Unless i should get Alzheimer's or a memory dysfunctional illness.)

The only problem I have now is , my body is telling me that I am old and I can't do what I use to do.

Answer 4

I retired early. This made a healthy lifestyle possible. No more cafeteria lunches, and I could actually get health exercise every day. At 65, I felt as if I was in the prime of my life. 8 or so years later, I'm still living better than at any time, when I worked.

Answer 5

NO - not so old. I am 68 and I retired from my career at 57. My exercise routine has slowed in the last 10 yrs but I still exercise. I play on the computer & read for my mental outlet. I continue to develope other outside activities for social contact & delevoping interest. Keeping doing & keep moving. Remember the cliche - Rollin stones gather no or little moss? I asked that Q last week...

Answer 6

I'll be 63 in the fall also, and I don't yet think of myself as a senior. I'm still working and don't look at myself as being ready to retire for at least another 5-7 years.



Its all a matter of how you set your mind, and how you view your future.



Good Luck!!

Answer 7

I'll be there on December 25th. I'm looking forward to it because the limits on my wage earnings get lifted then. Right now Social Security limits the amount I can earn on the job, but come December it gets raised by a lot. So for the first time in my life I'm looking forward to getting older.

Answer 8

sixty 5 is appealing. I rejoice with that very plenty and the certainty which you have lived a protracted lifestyles, with a bit of luck a satisfied and important too. maximum folk won't be as fortunate going by skill of the erratic way the international is behaving these days. youthful age has its very own allure yet previous age understanding/adventure is important to steer the young ones. BTW: i'm someplace in-between, neither youthful nor previous, yet appreciative of the two. *satisfied Birthday* (beforehand).

Answer 9

I am 70, and I still do all the things I like to do, including swimming, hiking, etc. However I do things a little slower than I used to. I have a friend who is 88. He said it's not so bad because you no longer want to do the things you can't do anyway.

Answer 10

I am 63. However my Dad died at 84 from cancer. When he was told he had two weeks to live, he was devastated, because there were so many things he still wanted to do, and he felt the same as when he was 40 (he said).

Answer 11

My birthday is also in October. Don't worry. You have many years left ahead of you. Keep planning things and keep an open mind and all will be well. Do what you have always enjoyed doing and you will stay young longer.

Answer 12

when I turned 65 I didn't feel old cause I was excited about retiring. I'm 75 now and doing okay so far.

Answer 13

Knew I was in the red zone with allot of fellow friends and workers already on the other side.

Answer 14

65 ain't no big deal, it is a number nothing more