Some things get harder with age...
By MysD
@mysdianait (66009)
Italy
November 18, 2015 9:20am CST
... while. I believe 
, it is the opposite for others.
When I was really active and here every day a few years ago, it was so easy to go flitting from one place to another. Not now though and I am not sure whether it is due to the layout being different or whether it is because I have not been busy online for several months.
I need time to catch up, unlike before.
I have to check for spelling mistakes, unlike before.
I have problems keeping up with notifiers, unlike before.
So maybe it is best that, until the weekend, I just catch up and poke around, looking for all of the friends that I know are here somewhere but I have been unable to find so far.
Have you started using 'age' as an excuse for not doing something
or for doing it differently compared to how you did it before? 
, it is the opposite for others.
When I was really active and here every day a few years ago, it was so easy to go flitting from one place to another. Not now though and I am not sure whether it is due to the layout being different or whether it is because I have not been busy online for several months.
I need time to catch up, unlike before.
I have to check for spelling mistakes, unlike before.
I have problems keeping up with notifiers, unlike before.
So maybe it is best that, until the weekend, I just catch up and poke around, looking for all of the friends that I know are here somewhere but I have been unable to find so far.
Have you started using 'age' as an excuse for not doing something
or for doing it differently compared to how you did it before? 14 people like this
23 responses
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
18 Nov 15
Nope I can't use that one yet but I am pregnant so I do blame some things on "pregnancy brain". Lol.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Nov 15
Oh congratulations! I am not sure but I think I have lost count of how many children you have now - not because of my age but because we have not been in touch for so long.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
18 Nov 15
@mysdianait Thank you! I am pregnant with baby number 4. =) Now I will have 2 girls and 2 boys. He will be my 4th and last little one.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Nov 15
@LovingMyBabies When is he due and are you having a good pregnancy?
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Nov 15
I am absolutely definately getting slower.
Some of it is because, now that I can, I refuse to rush around like before when I was working and was doing too many things in a day but a lot is due to the fact that I really am becoming slower now 
Maybe coming back online will be great exercise ! 
Maybe coming back online will be great exercise ! 4 people like this
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Nov 15
@LadyDuck I have problems with notifications too. I delete them but then when I go back, they aer there again 
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@LadyDuck (472083)
• Switzerland
18 Nov 15
@mysdianait I have to say that it's hard to keep updated with the notifications, the new discussions and everything.
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@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
18 Nov 15
Oh, not yet.
But I was successful in making some people believe that I have got that rare ailment - in which people age rapidly. They would believe if I blame my failing memory on my age!
I think you will be on your skates pretty soon. Rushing through the discussions comes to you easily. No extra efforts needed. :)
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
18 Nov 15
How about your non-familiarity of this site at the moment being the culprit. I will not blame it on age... as you are not new to many of us.
When I need to run and the knee pain or the Arthritis will not allow me to...
I would want to look like some great Actor, but I cannot have the 6-pack Abs like him... I will blame it on age for sure 
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@adnileb (5276)
• Philippines
19 Nov 15
i would agree with the non-familiar thing.
just like what i am asking to @PhredWreck
as to where can i find the discussions.
well, i found it now under the explore button 
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Nov 15
I found the pencil pretty quickly but I am having difficulty with the notifactions at the moment. They keep reappearing after I delete them which means wasted time to remove them again.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
19 Nov 15
@mysdianait I hadn't even realised you could delete notifications!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Nov 15
Just as long as ithe eate that we get slower doesn't speed up, all will be well I guess (if that makes any sense lol 
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
18 Nov 15
@mysdianait I rest my case Diana. I obviously cannot get away with claiming that my silly answer is a result of my age.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Nov 15
Oh come off it! I should have expected a comment like that from you I guess 
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
19 Nov 15
Go get those roller skates out of the closet girl.
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@much2say (56088)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Nov 15
If anything, I am sure feeling the "aging process" more than before - or I at least think about it a lot and have my concerns - as if time is running out (well, in a sense it is)! As far as how it goes with my online stuff, I know: my eyes are going, I'm making more stupid errors, I can't remember what I was "going" to do, the right words are at the tip of my tongue and seem to stay there . . . boy, this age thing is getting to me!
As far as how it goes with my online stuff, I know: my eyes are going, I'm making more stupid errors, I can't remember what I was "going" to do, the right words are at the tip of my tongue and seem to stay there . . . boy, this age thing is getting to me! 1 person likes this
@adnileb (5276)
• Philippines
19 Nov 15
as one of the rules of love, age doesn't matter.
so i think it goes to other aspects as well.
but that's just what i think. 
now that i am 30, and getting older year after year, i can say it as an excuse for forgetting something or not being able to walk long miles due to aching knees.
and soon, i will be having more excuses on things i cannot do because i have aged.
now that i am 30, and getting older year after year, i can say it as an excuse for forgetting something or not being able to walk long miles due to aching knees.
and soon, i will be having more excuses on things i cannot do because i have aged.1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
26 Nov 15
I use lots of things for excuses!
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@birjudanak (14320)
• India
18 Nov 15
it depend on us how we feel an strong if you aim something then age doesn't matter but your thinking and efforts matter.if you think positive then you do any work at 67 but if you not show effort then you not do any work even at 25.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Nov 15
Oh my age doesn't matter to me at all. Indeed I am lucky because not everyone gets this far 
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@birjudanak (14320)
• India
18 Nov 15
@mysdianait yeah enjoy life is more important then age
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
18 Nov 15
Not yet, but give me a couple years.
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@marguicha (223802)
• Chile
19 Nov 15
Dearest, Age is responsible for everything that comes along my day, except when I do something worth of applauding
My memory is no more (except for the trivia I remember from long time ago).
My only demonstrance of wisdom is that I don´t really care. So I don´t have any problems really nor feelings of guilt
My memory is no more (except for the trivia I remember from long time ago).
My only demonstrance of wisdom is that I don´t really care. So I don´t have any problems really nor feelings of guilt1 person likes this
@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
18 Nov 15
I know what you mean, as I use my age for not doing things too. I have found that as I get older, it does become harder to do things, as my body just isn't like it should be, and I have aches and pains where I didn't know I could get them. Don't feel bad, as i just don't do all that much myself. When I raked the leaves, it was hard as my back really hurt, but I did get them done, it just took longer is all.
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@allknowing (137822)
• India
18 Nov 15
I got into online activity when I was already a senior. so I really do not know if I would have done a better job if I was younger
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
18 Nov 15
I am slower, but mostly because I have a bum hip and so I literally move more slowly
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