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My Latest Aging Mantra

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Ode To Aging

What I am writing here — it’s not a new thought for me. In fact, it’s more than 20 years old, but in those 20 years, I did not think of this daily.

Now I do!!

So here goes — my ode to aging or my latest mantra.

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Everything takes longer

I had moved many times as an adult and my move to the west coast made me realize that packing and stacking boxes was taking a lot longer than it used to — AND — that was nearly 19 years before my most recent move!!

I knew over 20 years ago that things were taking longer, but wow since my current move, which is now a year ago, I have really come to recognize that everything I do takes longer.

Over the years I had noticed that I was not as fast doing things like biking, hiking, walking, kayaking, etc — but since I was still doing them pretty regularly, I didn’t really notice.

It wasn’t until I did them more sporadically prior to my move [and because of…