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As I write this, we are now recognizing the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic. The world as we knew it before March 10 of 2020, will not return. The entire planet has been forced into a total adjustment of “how we used to do stuff”.
Our behaviors reflect the restrictions placed upon us to protect us from illness or possibly potential demise.
One of the restrictions has limited the amount of contact we can have with our family, friends and community. Being “locked down” has had a severe impact on our emotional, mental and physical well-being. We need to be reminded that we are a social group of beings, and that we thrive with generous helpings of personal interaction, communication and physical contact. Unwatered plants tend to droop, and so do we without smatterings of human stimulus.
Safety for Seniors panow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from panow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Earlier this week, I was scrolling through my Facebook, as us OLD people do – and there was a post about 81 year old Erika Rischko from Germany – CRUSHING the TikTok fitness challenges.
This woman planks while weights – lots of weights are placed on her back. This isn’t for 30 seconds – it is for a long time. Likewise she does wall squats with weights added on. She works out at least twice a day and if you want to see her in action, her tiktok is @erikarischko and her Instagram is erikarischko.
Increasingly we see the stories of the 90+ year old marathon runner, swimmer, skater. We see very senior seniors youthful and sharp and at the top of their game having more fun than they were allowed to in the comparative drudgery of earning a living.
So I guess to me being a Senior means I can eat cheaper at some restaurants, and can get discounts I wasn’t eligible to before.
But to be honest – I don’t think I want Senior’s Benefit. I don’t want the label.
To me …. Senior is OLD. To me … Senior is Grandpa Simpson.
My parents are in their 70s and my Dad will be 80 this year. They have slowed down some but I honestly don’t think of them as old… as Seniors.
Honestly, my Dad especially is much more physically fit than the average 20 year old and that is no exaggeration.