Although we have our groceries delivered we do pop to Tesco every few weeks for yogurts and sometimes extra fruit. We choose a quiet time, usually Monday afternoon as we've learnt our lesson going at another time, when it turned out to be very busy and it was hell! Just something else that's changed for us as we have got older.. we used to love shopping together and used to go a Friday afternoon when Dh finished work.
Its so strange how your 'likes' change as you age. I used to love walking on the beach, now I choose to walk on the prom and look down at the beach. I worry how my feet sink into the sand and I fear over balancing.
At our Book Group meeting yesterday afternoon, we talked about books we'd read over the summer.. One member talked about what are now called 'Beach Read' Easy romance type books and she mentioned several authors, whose books, I used to read all the time, now I find them not to my taste. Of course I didn't say that then. I had read the most books, and was asked how I had time,? My answer was 'I classed it as a hobby and gave it a priority in my life.' Years ago I would never have spent an afternoon reading, I did useless things like vacuuming a carpet that didn't really need it, because that's what I always did.
I've definitely changed over the years.. I do a lot less cleaning, every where is cleaned once a week, except for the toilet and the wash basin which is cleaned every day and the shower every other. The kitchen is tidied and cleaned after dinner each evening, although floors, unless dirty are washed with an easy swish mop once a week. Windows?? We hate doing them, we have a window cleaner for outside and we do inside now and then!
Why make work for yourself? We go out more......... for coffee, to meet people we know, for a walk, to meet up with SW friends, the gardening group and to join with others for the singalong group, to blow away the cobwebs..Just enjoying what we like to do! And we go to bed earlier too, so must be really old!
7 comments:
I love your new take on life, that's how it should be. Enjoying each others company and doing what you enjoy. More of us could take a leaf out of your book,
Nothing stands still and we adapt as we go along.
When I was at home on my own I used to be really houseproud. Now there are 3 of here all the time and it is impossible to do the stuff I used to do. Sometimes it drives me mad, but at other times I wonder why I used to clean so much!
We certainly do change as the years go by. I love your thoughts and how you are doing life!
Life would get boring if it stayed the same all the time, and now is the time to do just what you want. Even if you have cut back, I think your cleaning sounds quite good.
We avoid the stores as much as possible, twice a month if we can manage. It is a hateful business!
Our standards for a clean house does change with our places on the timeline of life. The trick is to be comfort with yourself and not worry what others would say if the stopped over unexpectedly.
Reading preferences, too, change as we age. I used to love scary crime books but no longer want to fill my brain with things like that. After watching both my dad and my brother in their dementia days come up with things they THINK happened I'm more careful about the fiction I put into my head.
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