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begins with thoughts of the past. And as usual I look back to see if I am gaining. Over the past 40 years I have attempted to keep a log of what I have done and where I am going in writing. The last two seemed to be not worth the effort. This past year brought changes in my health, my financial status and my thoughts concerning the future. At 60, I am getting to the point of making up my mind. My only regret today about my past, is that there has not been two me. I could have done so many more things had there been. So much to do and so little time to do it. Happy New Year.
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Bruce, I'm a little younger than you but not my much. I don't look back and you shouldn't either. Life's too short to dwell on what could have been. Instead, think about what could be. -
I'm happy with where I am. I am engaged and looking at moving to a new city in 2010. I am enjoying my hobbies, including woodworking and guitar-playing, and am physically active and healthy. I HOPE my finances improve in the next year (particularly if I do win the PowerBall lottery this weekend).
What I have observed to my regret though is that my attention span has decreased and my capacity or patience for deep learning and thinking has shrunk. I have forgotten entire fields of study, like mathematics and chemistry. I learn new information and techniques every day, but my interest in highly focused study just isn't there. I think this is something I will just have to live with (the wisdom of getting old).
My new year's resolution is to learn to play the ukulele!
Jeff
“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--VoltaireComment
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I don't want to even think about the last 40 years. When you get up in years, you think about what and how you were last month.
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I think we reach a certain age and anything new we learn randomly pushes something else out. Now if we could just choose what was forgotten things would be great.I have forgotten entire fields of study, like mathematics and chemistry. I learn new information and techniques every day, but my interest in highly focused study just isn't there. I think this is something I will just have to live with (the wisdom of getting old).
My new year's resolution is to learn to play the ukulele!
Bruce,
Someone much wiser that I once told me the difference between a pessimist and an optimist. If sent back to live life over again the pessimist will complain that he would make all the same mistakes. While the optimist will exclaim, great I get to do it all again.
I try to not dwell on things that I have no control over. That includes the past, and much of the future that includes events like hurricanes, earthquakes, getting the swine flu or ever recouping my investment losses. Those things will happen or not and nothing I do will have any real bearing on it. I can take precautions and establish contingencies and hope for the best and that's it. Those things that I do have some control over I don't worry about but rather work with them to move towards my goals.
Think of it this way, your house is full of cats. You can write the P&M Gazette about who left them and who's fault they are and how the first one should have been spayed. Or you can concentrate on cleaning litter boxes and collecting cat hair. Or, you can think -- Future rental property and Fur lined gloves!
Bill
Who knows that someone is really going to get upset about that last paragraph.Last edited by Mr__Bill; 01-01-2010, 04:29 PM.Comment
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Well this last year for us was an eventful one. I am hoping next year will be a bit more ordinary and hum-drum, but judging the way the last few have been, I doubt it.
David
The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.Comment
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The older I get, the better I used to be...
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The 3 stages of a man's life:
1) Tri-weekly
2) Try weekly
3) Try weaklyComment
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I look back to 52 years ago. We just celebrated our 52nd anniversary, on Dec. 28. Best deal I ever made.
EdDo you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained
For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/Comment
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