Originally Posted by ekpolk
Originally Posted by supton
Originally Posted by CT8
I am 66 years old I hate it. I would love to be invincible again.
I'm only 42 and feel the same way! Slowly getting tired of the rat race, but I have kids to finish raising, so it's not like I can make changes. But I sure do miss being thin and having nothing but opportunities ahead of me.
C'mon man, don't box yourself in! As noted above, I'm 57 -- and in the middle of training for my NEXT new career! Most of my classmates are my young children's ages! But there's one who's
chronologically older than I am! My flight instructor is an ex-cop (another career changer!) who is a couple months older than my son (who is 30).
Don't get the wrong idea. I fully respect the obligations of being a parent, and it's tougher when they're still kids at home. But if you're tiring of the race, there are still things you can do. And when they're gone, well, that's when things are over, its when the shackles are off!
Don't I wish. My father started having heart problems in his 50's, and did open heart to correct it around 55. I'm not privy to all his medical details but I was told it wasn't from his lifestyle. After that he got vertigo and lost hearing in one ear. He's in his 60's now, not retired yet, but travel is apparently over for him, on account of vertigo. Not a pleasant thought for me, as I've liked hiking and biking all these years. Worse, I worry about caring for my disabled son--another ten years and he'll be in a scooter of some sort, needing help getting up and down, that sort of thing. So around the time that I will be worrying about going down the path my father (unwillingly) went, I'll have other obligations to deal with. Meanwhile my house won't be paid off nor my retirement fully funded.
One doesn't have a choice but to keep showing up and making the most of it.