1. The earlier I'm going to bed at night. When that 11:00 news comes on, I am ready to hit the hay.
2. The more I prefer a hot breakfast (like eggs or oatmeal) over cold cereal.
3. The less I like swearing--hearing it or doing it.
4. The less I let other people's politics bother me. I lost a couple good friendships over Donald Trump a few years back and regret it to this day.
5. The less I like television sitcoms.
6. The warmer I like to be. I used to run around (in my apartment) in my bare feet in the dead of winter. Now I wear socks year round.
7. The less I want to watch the local or national news.
8. The more I like to soak/doze in a warm, sudsy bubble bath.
9. The less I like perfume or cologne on people.
10. The shorter I like the hair on my head.
11. The less I can tolerate loud movies or violence in movies. Isn't there enough noise & violence out there?
12. The less embarrassed I am to talk about or show my body. I almost asked my barber last week if she wanted to see my gall bladder scar.
13. The less I care about social media or trends. What's an influencer? Who cares?
14. The more comfortable I am with people 5-10 years older than me than people 5-10 years younger.
15. The less I know what younger people are listening to these days, music wise. Taylor Swift... that's all I know.
16. The more I miss funny, beautiful actresses like Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara, Jill Clayburgh, Mary Tyler Moore. I can't believe they're all gone. 😔
17. The easier it is for me to use words like "dear", even though I sound like a Mrs. Beasley doll. "Thank you Kimberly, you're a dear."
18. The more patience I have for people like my special needs neighbor Sally who likes to tell me what she had for dinner the night before, condiments included. She's a hoot... and a dear.
19. The less patience I have for salesman who knock on my door (like T-Mobile) who "just happened to be in the neighborhood" and want to check my internet speed. I'm shutting the door now!
20. The less I can remember everything in my past. I came across this picture in some old papers awhile back and have no memory of how I got it, or who took it. On the back of the photo it says "Michelle Phillips and Doug Morris, lunch at Warner Center 1993."
I recognize my coworker and myself of course, but who had the camera?
21. The less I mind living like a hermit. (In fact, I worry sometimes I like it too much.) When I was younger, I couldn't imagine spending the weekend alone. Now I can't imagine otherwise.
22. The luckier I feel every day I don't have cancer--as far as I know. Mom & Dad both died from cancer and never made it to 65.
23. The more attraction I feel towards chubby people. Well, birds of a feather...😉
24. The worse my handwriting is becoming. I guess that old saying "if you don't use it you lose it" is true. My mom had beautiful handwriting up until the day she died.
25. The more I like my gray hair. I wear it like a badge of honor!
Great list, Doug! I always like to read these "list" posts from my favorite bloggers. I'm 8 years older than you and most of your things would be on my list, too. But, if I'm honest, some of these things would have been on my list even before I approached 65 :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Don, much appreciated! And it's good to hear from you, I was just thinking about you, You sound good.
DeleteAlways be happy with oneself. You really do have to be your best friend.
ReplyDeleteThanks dkzody. Well, I certainly spend enough time with myself. 🙂
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