Just want to work less and for stuff to be cheap
5yr old me: I just want to go outside and play.
25yr old me: I just want to go outside and play.
50yr old me: I just want to go outside and play.
The demands remain the same.
Try going for happy. That tired part doesn’t go away.
Oh no
35-year-old me: I don’t care about being tired and wanting to be happy anymore, I just want to have my basic needs met and humanity to be better.
And as a 53-year old, just trying to be and reamain sane is my main priority.
This really takes me back. I couldn’t even count how many things I wanted to be as a kid. Ended up studying chemistry in college and then becoming a computer programmer. But overall I feel like my succession of hobbies and interests have always defined me WAY more than my job has.
Hey, chemistry to programming pipeline buddies! Sounds just like me, although I took university far enough that it did define me a bit more.
42yo me: I just want to lose most of the weight I gained in my 20s and 30s
(60 lbs down, 110 or so to go)
Congrats on the progress! Keep it up, slow and steady. When you are in a comfortable weight for you, start lifiting weights (if you havent already). The more muscle you have when growing old, the longer it will take to get weak and frail.
Thanks! For the well wishes, as well as the good advice 😁
Right now, I’m on the exercise bike daily for 1000-1500 km a month and eating MUCH healthier than I’ve ever done before, which is causing a fast but healthily sustainable weight loss as well as giving me a lot of energy and mental well-being.
When the weight loss starts to plateau, I plan on adding some (mostly upper body) resistance training both to speed it back up (as maintaining muscle burns calories too) and to avoid ending up too scrawny on top compared to the big legs the cycling naturally gives me.
Plus as you say, better to build up some resiliance while I’m still barely middle aged than to have to be REALLY up against it once I approach actually old 😁
