We’re all getting old
The other day I noticed an elderly couple in the local mall near my work. They where quite in to their later years and they walked arm in arm down the hall to or from where ever they where going. It reminded me that I’m going to be that old some day. Heck, we all will (assuming we all make it that far in life). We’re getting old right now. Yes, right now as you read this. Sometimes it’s hard to see that far forward in life. We might not know where we’ll be at that time in our lives, but make no mistake, we’ll all be there someday.
Imagine you in your 80’s or maybe even 90’s. That’s a lot of history that you’ll have covered, you probably won’t be able to remember it all. All the things you’ve see and places you’ve been. You can think back to how things where when you where younger. Heck, I’m 35 and I do that now! I know when I was a kid we didn’t have a microwave or a VCR. Penny candy was actually a penny at my local corner store and my first video game system was an Odyssey 2 (followed by my NES). Who knows what kinds of things I’ll have seen between the beginning and then end.
Have you ever put thought in to your elder years? Where will you be? What things will you have done. What things might you have missed out on. What will be your full life story? We all have one. All those old people that others complain about where young like us once, and now have a complete life story that is unique to them. Some times I’d like to ask them about the things they’ve done and seen, but I’m sure they’d think I was all kinds of strange… or that I was going to mug them. I hope that someone asks me when I’m old. I’ll be happy to tell them. ^_^
Play Asia
July 27th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
I don’t really think too much about being elderly. When I do its too depressing. Having seen my grandparents age, grow feeble and die gives me an idea of what to expect.
I would like to do more with my life before its too late. Its just getting the chance. Unfortunately its not like I can just walk out my door and say “Today I’ll climb a mountain.” Right now having a career that pays well takes priority.
July 28th, 2012 at 10:31 am
I keep thinking this’ll be the generation of the elderly that “understand” video games and even still play them, as well as most newer technology.
We’re witnessing the last generation of people who think games are just for kids now.
July 28th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Ah… but your forgetting that our current tech will be really old tech when we’re wrinkly. I do think that we’ll be at least able to keep up with or more accepting of new tech as we get older.
July 29th, 2012 at 12:42 am
Indeed! When I’m old I’ll still be playing my Playstation 7, Nintendo PiiPiiWiiWii-U64 and looking forward to Final Fantasy XXIII-2, Super Mario Multiverse 3, Metal Gear Solid 14: Neo-Snake 3.0’s Revengination, GoldenEye 007: Re-Reloaded Redux Deluxe, The Next Duke Nukem Game, Grand Theft Auto 12: Moon City, Metroid: Other Alphabet, Star Fox 3, Super Smash Bros Fisticuffs…. and classic Tetris.
July 31st, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Actually, one of my shortcomings is a lack of planning. Well, not so much planning as foresight. I don’t give much thought to almost anything that isn’t happening immediately. I probably should, though, as age seems to be accumulating more quickly now than it did when I was younger.