I usually take care of shopping for the week on weekends. When I'm at RQS's place I usually go to the supermarket on my way home. This way, I'm able to pick up lunches for several days. If I haven't done my laundry, Sunday is the day it gets done. This weekend, I got a little bit done, but didn't have energy for anything else.
Yes, I've written about being tired many times before. And I will likely do so again. But I've noticed that when I don't have much at stake, I tend to do nothing - not forcing myself to gt up to do any of the things I need to do. Is it old age, is it depression, or is it something else? The root of my lethargy is a big concern to me, as I feel that as I approach traditional retirement age that I need to understand more about my health.
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Years ago, I could ride a bicycle all day, covering 50 miles without much thought other than the time it would take to do so. Today, I couldn't even pedal a bicycle up the small hill that I live on. Much of this can be explained by the weight I've put on over the years. But that's not the only factor. I never learned how to eat healthy, nor did I develop a taste for "healthy" things to eat.
One of the things I can do to help myself is to get outdoors more often. Before I took my current job, I had no problem finding time to do this - even in the worst days of the pandemic. Now, it's much harder for me. I figure that things will get better once I finally retire for good, as I will both have no excuses not to get out and I will have the time (and energy) to do so when my body is ready to do so.
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In chatting with my brother for a few minutes, he mentioned that an operation he just had is healing nicely. Hopefully, he'll still be glad that he took care of this when he has to go to work. In many ways, he's in the same position I'm in - he can't ask a family member for help. In his case, he'd prefer to ask a friend for help. In my case, I'd need to ask a friend for help. This will become more of a problem as we get older, as there will be fewer people around that we can ask for help when we need it.
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I could go on and on about little things. But I'm not in the mood for regurgitating little things. So, I'll end this entry here....
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