Lazybones!

I’m 82 …..and occasionally I give myself “ a snow day”…..a recall of memories past…….a day to relax and simply cocoon indoors because of a mammoth snowfall during the night and even by morning the snowploughs haven’t managed to clear the local roads ……and the schools have had close too! Nothing much to do but relax, stay warm and cosy and take it easy!

But I also know that if I adopt a too regular routine like this, my body adapts to this ‘no exertion’ lifestyle, and I really don’t like this idea either. So, back I go to the gym three mornings a weeks so I get to socialize with my happy little community there and to get the blood flowing again. All just because I want to reawaken my love of life so my body doesn’t complain and I can continue to enjoy the hobbies that keep me happy and curious and feeling grateful for just living.

Unless you feel bothered by this don’t break a sweat, you do the bare bones of stuff that needs doing so who cares?
As long as you are taking care of yourself, eating well and feeling ok in yourself, go and do whatever you want, and if you want to do nothing that’s your prerogative.

AreWeThereYet

I'm sort of with most other people and think that if it doesn't affect anyone else then do what you want, and like most people I enjoy a day of doing nothing.

But part of me is well aware that laziness is habit forming (for me, at least) and I know for a fact that the less I do the less I want to do. It's true that you use it or lose it so for now at least I prefer to keep using it, brain and body, until such time as I can't. Having said that I'm nowhere near eighty, so maybe when I'm eighty I'll be more inclined to just sit back and do nothing.

Very well said. My husband would like to buy the word lazy from my vocabulary! He says I’m really bad at relaxing. My mum is nearly 91 and just starting a new project to sand and repaint her little bedroom chair! She still does all her own housework, and some gardening, including mowing the lawn. But some days she gets up and doesn’t feel like doing anything - so she doesn’t. And spends the day looking at YouTube videos, and doing puzzles. She’s careful not to get into the cycle of ‘ the less you do the less you want to do’. There is evidence from people living in ‘blue zones’ around the world that people who stay as active as possible active stay healthy for longer. Of course, activity doesn’t have to equal housework, gardening or other chores you resent. Shirley, our age we’ve earned the right to choose how we spend our time? I find I don’t notice the weeding quite so much if I listen to a podcast, audio book etc while I’m doing it. (PS Blue zones are areas where people there are lots of people living exceptionally long lives - and staying healthier for longer.)

Just do as you please and please don't feel any guilt. We are all entitled at our ages to do what makes us happy.
No reason for rushing around. Just be happy 😊

The days that I do nothing always leave me with a feeling of guilt, absolutely no idea why! I have friends older than me who are really active, but I just don’t seem to have their energy.

I'm 68 and feel the say way!! I can't find the motivation to keep dusting and polishing the same old things. As for gardening, my knees and back won't allow me to stoop and bend, so that is left to DH now. I am full of good intentions, but easily distracted by more fulfilling things. Don't worry about it, just do what you feel like doing (I do).

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A dear friend died, but she’d said to me “why do we waste so much of our life doing housework”.
These made me laugh:

Watermeadow
Shame we can’t share. I have a lot of energy and I’m always doing something.
Hand on heart I wish I could relax more. Some days I have good intentions to just watch the films I have saved.
Then I look out the window see something in the garden that needs doing or think of something I want to do in my sewing room.

I make myself go out for a walk every day and thoroughly enjoy each and every one but, even though I know that, I still faff about unnecessarily before getting over the threshold. Nuts but....there y'go. Wish I understood it myself.

I am so pleased to read this.I am 75 and in poor health. I love reading what others are up to but I feel exhausted just reading it all sometimes. I would like to go out more.I am in a wheelchair and my lovely husband takes me out and about as much as he can. However I am quite happy to read and go on social media. Best Wishes to all of you.

I'm sort of with most other people and think that if it doesn't affect anyone else then do what you want, and like most people I enjoy a day of doing nothing.

But part of me is well aware that laziness is habit forming (for me, at least) and I know for a fact that the less I do the less I want to do. It's true that you use it or lose it so for now at least I prefer to keep using it, brain and body, until such time as I can't. Having said that I'm nowhere near eighty, so maybe when I'm eighty I'll be more inclined to just sit back and do nothing.

#building a pebble house

What a great phrase BTW.
Never heard it before!

Cracking eggs with sticks sounds quite attractive to me.
🤣
Akin to (say) doing a jigsaw or listening to a podcast!

My sis-in-law is 5 years older than me and 2x as active. Just reading what she’s done this morning has put me to shame.

Some days I want to ‘crack eggs with sticks’ but other times, I just want a day of mooching around.

I’ve no one to please but myself now.

As long as you’re happy watermeadow what you do suits you, then why worry or overthink? I believe a lot of busy-ness is unnecessary. Some people just seem to find it hard to relax. Strange that. I’m with your tribe!
#lazygran

Don't feel guilty Watermeadow enjoy life in your own way.

If you are content what else is important - nowt.

If it’s affecting no one else, then it’s up to you what you want to do. Stay in bed all day and read a book, or watch tv with your dinner on a tray in front of you, if it makes you happy. Live life for yourself, not other people.

I think that at around eighty having had a life of work and possibly bringing up children you can do as much or as little as you like.
Having had a job and children I had very little time for myself. Now I'm in my late seventies I feel this is my time and I can do what I feel like.

watermeadow I am 81 and like you, bone idle. I do have mobility problems and am partially sighted but I could do more. I could spend 24/7 on this machine!