When I woke up this morning I kept my eyes closed whilst playing through my forthcoming day. This is obviously normal...but a difference has started to creep in lately.
I am mentally putting off doing things that have previously been important to me.
There is no good reason for not going out to see various friends but I just don’t want to do it.
I like my days alone in the house and garden.
But I am aware that this can be dangerous. It’s too early to start the packing process for the next cruise but today I intend to book my various outings.
This led my mind into reflecting that last time I didn’t go on all the booked trips. I preferred to stay safely on the ship some days.
I am aware that my get up and go has got up and gone.
I even contemplated just not cruising at all. Staying home on my own sounds good to me.
But there lies the danger.
It would be all too easy to become a recluse but I’m not there yet. I enjoy the people who pop in to see me in passing but the days on my own are cosy and easy.
A friend of forty odd years arrives next week.
I am already plotting excuses for not going on long walks .... I fear my age has started to show.
I am still in the mood to fight it..it would be all too easy to just stop at home , keep warm and watch the world go by but I do enjoy seeing new bits of it whilst I’m cruising.
Anno domini is becoming apparent now. It’s become far too easy to make excuses for doing nothing. But I do fear that my rushing around days are over....
I really can’t complain . I am old, it’s no wonder I’m taking the easiest route through life.
I am in fact very fortunate to be able to have the choice. Thank you God.
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1 comment:
You are quite right to want to do things in a more measured way.
And your health and well being will be enhanced by your trips out and meeting with and socialising. It is all too easy to become isolated and lonely if you don't have such an outlet.
Off course, noisy, busy environments might not be to your taste, but social exchanges with real people are important, and preferable to being confined to social media exchanges, important as they may be.
And your devotion to cruises provides an outlet, bringing you to sometimes familiar places and cruising friends, several times a year, which is socially and culturally good for you.
The maxim must be 'don't over do things'.
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