Seniors...how do you stretch the hours to get more things done?

[newbury]

Another point I'll make is that since I am gainfully unemployed I can choose my brick and mortar shopping times to miss crowds. Makes a BIG difference. NO long lines at hardware and grocery stores.

 

[oosik]

EGON - Wow, unfortunately the older I get the more truth to that statement. The mind says "go for it" & the bod says "h*ll no".

 

[sixdogs]

Seems a common theme is mid day naps.

 

[coobie]

Seems a common theme is mid day naps.

I agree,I would be lost without mine...

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Yes nap. I am 53 retired and nap everyday. That way you are fresh all day. A lot easier on the heart to get that rest during the day.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

I got to much stuff. I think I will get rid of all the stuff I am a slave to. I love my canoe and canoe tripping for 5 days at a time. The found out that the reason I like it is because everything I own is in one dry bag and a cooler full of food and beer. Very simple and very easy to manage. When I return home I see all the stuff I have to look after and it is a form of stress. So I think I will live a simpler life and get rid of the stuff that is costing me work.

 

[Deere Dude]

My wife is structured in that she needs lists. She dutifully made one out for me so I could keep focused.

For example;
Clean garage.
Paint railing.
Fix outlet.
Build garage.
Change oil on car.
Build house.
Get diesel.
Get plumbing supplies.

It would be alright up until she would throw something in that would take 6 months or a year to do.

Now I don' have any list and I just do what I feel like doing at the time and I am a happy camper.

 

[Egon]

Stuff--- spend your life trying to get it all--- sorta reach your goal --- then you find out the old body just relegates stuff to expensive dust collectors!

 

[Ed of all trades]

I was going to mow the yard today, walked to the barn and the cell phone rang. Worked out just fine, i'll get it mowed Monday, well.... I might get it mowed Monday.

 

[newbury]

I envy you guys that have the ability to take a nap during daylight hours. My body gets me up before dawn and usually even if I've been awake for over 30 hours I can't fall asleep until the sun goes down. It was a REAL pain when I was in Fairbanks, Alaska one summer.