Chat, check-in, and hang out

[RussellSue]

They are skills that I'm still developing!

Me too. My self-assessment is that I am an extrovert with social anxiety, so it's easy for me to stay inside even though I really need people around. Developing those skills are good for the brain, too.

 

[woodsy1]

Is there any volunteering work you can get involved with where you live? Would you consider something like that?

That's a great idea. I'm not sure I can handle volunteer work. I think many people don't realize how fragile I am.

 

[Survivor3]

I've thought about volunteer work. I don't know if I can handle it. People often don't understand how weak I am.

Ok. What's your family situation like? If you don't mind me asking?

 

[RussellSue]

old guy

It's so weird to hear people in my age range call themselves old. I mean, I call my husband old, but come on, 50 is like the new 30 or something, isn't it?

 

[woodsy1]

Ok. What's your family situation like? If you don't mind me asking?

Family? 1 year divorced. Mom lives 25 minutes away. That's about it.

I have a roommate. He could be my son, but he's cool.

I have one friend who stops buy occasionally to pay me for a car I helped him buy.

 

[RussellSue]

I understand the loneliness.

You both live alone, right?
I don't envy that. It's hard to live alone.
When I lived alone, I went out a lot more. It wasn't great because I met a lot of the wrong sorts of people but females do that from what I hear.

 

[woodsy1]

It's so weird to hear people in my age range call themselves old. I mean, I call my husband old, but come on, 50 is like the new 30 or something, isn't it?

Lol. There are times it feels like the new (wore out) 30s. But a lot of the time I feel like I'm just getting by one minute at a time. 50 can sometimes feel like 90.

 

[Survivor3]

It's so weird to hear people in my age range call themselves old. I mean, I call my husband old, but come on, 50 is like the new 30 or something, isn't it?

whenever id tell my counsellor that i feel like I've missed out on so much he says that there's still life in me yet. That I'm only 45!

 

[woodsy1]

You both live alone, right?
I don't envy that. It's hard to live alone.
When I lived alone, I went out a lot more. It wasn't great because I met a lot of the wrong sorts of people but females do that from what I hear.

I think it happens to all of us. When you are starving, every bitter thing tastes sweet.

 

[woodsy1]

whenever id tell my counsellor that i feel like I've missed out on so much he says that there's still life in me yet. That I'm only 45!

Yeah, if I live as long as my dad, I've got another 20 years or so. Doesn't seem like very long.

 

[RussellSue]

whenever id tell my counsellor that i feel like I've missed out on so much he says that there's still life in me yet. That I'm only 45!

Hubby says something similar - that my best years are yet to come. I said they better be.
We both have upcoming birthdays. He'll be 49 and I'll be 41.
But I'm with @woodsy1 - I feel pretty beat up.

 

[woodsy1]

I forgot about you having a cold. But are you feeling well enough to just do something around the house? I have to do a lot of modifications for myself, depending on what part of my body is being a jerk that day, so sometimes it's a speed walk outside or some time on the exercise bike, but sometimes I don't get into the cardio, at all, and just do some lunges, squats, crunches or even just some stretching. The brain gets low when there isn't enough physical activity.

Yeah, physical activity does help. I should go start a fire out back or something. Wish everyone here could just join me for a song or two by the fire.