damek1ndness
I’ve just hit 60 and working full time ( and will need to be until state pension kicks in ) my job as a lecturer is quite flexible and I WFH three days a week and around two days a week I’m on my feet teaching I like my job.
I’m absolutely exhausted most of the time - no health issues/long covid - I sleep like a baby most nights and in bed by 9pm AIBU to just accept that working full time in your 60’s is just exhausting? I feel like my life consists of working, recovering from working and sleeping!
I found your post interesting as I am a male, 73 years, and been retired 9 years (retired at 64).
21 years ago I suffered heart failure and was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy at the time. I have also been living with atrial fibrilation for many years.
I only mention the above as, generally, in all that time, I had mostly lived a near normal life (supported by a cocktail of pills, including warfarin!). Not over tired and able to walk quite a few miles at a time, even when working full-time.
It is really only in the past 2 years that I have begun to notice a difference. I have become more inclined to become tired easily. Being a keen gardener, I could once spend all day in the garden, now it is no more than an hour or two and I feel physically tired. I recently had a blood test and a chest xray as a result of seeing my doctor about it and both were 100% clear. Like you. I sleep like a log most nights and, on average, am in bed by 10-10.30 and up by 7.30am latest. My other problem is feeling very cold when the air temperature is not that low.
I do think we are all different and react to aging in different ways. I would suggest that, if you don't have any underlying health issues, you are probably correct in suggesting that working full-time in your 60's IS exhausting. Having said that, my other half still works full time (she has just turned 64), rarely gets to bed before 11.00 - midnight, and sleeps around 6 hours each night (she has to be at work at 7am) and always seems to have loads more energy than me, which rather proves my point that people vary greatly!
Hope you can retire soon and feel better then. :-)