Who does the "morning check"?

[Roper_imp]

We had a retirement party for a fellow teacher today. One of the cards said, "Retirement means I can wake up without worrying about being on time for work. I'm going to do that three or four times a day."

[Ulvetanna_imp]

We had a retirement party for a fellow teacher today. One of the cards said, "Retirement means I can wake up without worrying about being on time for work. I'm going to do that three or four times a day."

[Capo]

My only real go/no go for riding is insomnia. I do suffer it, in spurts, not consistently, and there are times when I'll bolt up at 2 AM, and not get back to sleep. I'm not a fan of regular pharmaceutical assistance, so I tend to just go with the flow and if it means getting up and staying up, so be it. But iif there is a ride planned that morning, I'll pass. Otherwise, unless I'm sick in some way, no issues that prevent me from putting on the gear and heading out.

[Ulvetanna_imp]

My only real go/no go for riding is insomnia. I do suffer it, in spurts, not consistently, and there are times when I'll bolt up at 2 AM, and not get back to sleep. I'm not a fan of regular pharmaceutical assistance, so I tend to just go with the flow and if it means getting up and staying up, so be it. But iif there is a ride planned that morning, I'll pass. Otherwise, unless I'm sick in some way, no issues that prevent me from putting on the gear and heading out.

I get that once in a while too. Don't do meds ever. They just make things worse in the long run.

[Pete Erickson_imp]

Time for another quote, who can guess from where?

"It's not the years, Honey, it's the mileage."

Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones Raiders of The Lost Ark

Ulvet, I am not unique. The athletic club that I go to has hundreds of men and women, most much older than me, that work out 3 to 5 days a week. There is a lady in my Pilates class who is in her 90's. She is still active and drives. Oh, there is another guy also in his 90's that owns several age group world records in swimming.

They key is that they are all active. Your body needs that

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Time for another quote, who can guess from where?

"It's not the years, Honey, it's the mileage."

Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones Raiders of The Lost Ark

Ulvet, I am not unique. The athletic club that I go to has hundreds of men and women, most much older than me, that work out 3 to 5 days a week. There is a lady in my Pilates class who is in her 90's. She is still active and drives. Oh, there is another guy also in his 90's that owns several age group world records in swimming.

They key is that they are all active. Your body needs that

Good job on the quote. Yep mental and physical activity is the key but at some point we all get it in the end. A million years from now it ain't gonna matter much if one person lived to be 90 and another lived to be 40. Jack London and Edgar Allan Poe both died at 40 and look how many people are still talking about them. Billions.

In a way it is kind of like having a mileage goal (there we go with that word again!) it's nice to try for a lot of years but frankly there is just no way of knowing anything about the future.

My way of looking at things, and I got a friend who is just the same, is that I just need to get something important done every day. I don't look at the metrics.

But I need to be mobile and agile and intellectually sharp to get those important things done. So whatever I can do along those lines...

[4 Paws_imp]

It's all about the quality rather than the quantity.
Me, I'll take both of anyone offers a choice.