I think the one thing our elders, atleast in my family, dont think about is what they would do when they retire 😕 I have seen so many English people out here, who already know what they would like to do then! So many of them take up learning new languages, or studying things they always wanted to but could not and few of them take to travelling, some keep working! I love those old golu molu couples, who walk around places of tourist attraction, hand in hand all excited! Looks really sweet. I had once seen an old couple revising their Latin lessons before an exam while travelling in the tube!! Loved the sight of it ☺️
I think, more than anything, inactivity times out a person in old age. The day he/she realises that its time to retire, and later just sit reading newspapers and sipping tea and going for morning walks...rest of the day for them just doesnt pass by cus of lack of activity!
Somewhere in your life, you need to address this problem that you need to start keeping yourself fit and healthy. And that the life which most of the elders in my family live for their spouses and kids...suddenly comes to a halt when the kids go off to create a world of their own, or for some unfortunate reasons, their spouse leave this world. There is nothing else left to do, cus they havent remembered or figured out anything else to do!
It is important to plan something for that period of time, when you are kinda free of responsibilities, free of daily routine pressures and stress. Besides reminiscing good old times, bhajan kirtan erm, and playin with your grand children, there is a lot one can do...and not feel retired or old. Agreed, that you aren't as healthy as you were before ...but you surely dont need to be fragile. A little bit of early planning can help to ease out a lot of issues at this stage of life.
Personally Im a girl who loves the oldies. Total hit with all the nana dadas and their sexy wives lol, its fun to be with them. Love them and I dont find old age as something to worry about provided you plan stuff beforehand 😛