Slowing Down and Cutting Back

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank you for yet again visiting my blog – hopefully in search of an update. Well, this is an update, of sorts.

The years have not been kind, and this week I reach my middle 60s which, on some days for me, often feels more like my middle 80s! Yes, I know we now have the expression that these days the 60s are the new 40s, but it doesn’t feel that way for me. My health has been in steady decline for the last decade or so, and with it my eyes are deteriorating more than is normal. In fact I have a problem with my left eye that makes it almost impossible to see clearly out of it now, and that will only get worse as there is no cure. I’m not going to bore you with all my medical symptoms, or the list of medication my doctor has prescribed. And yes, again, I know that many of you don’t take medication but prefer to rely on herbal and alternative remedies. Well, I’ve tried some of those in the past, and they don’t give me the relief that my prescription does, so I’m sticking with that.

Every day I check out various websites and share what I refer to as my “finds” with some of my friends. In truth I check them twice a day to see if they’ve been updated while I’ve been doing other things. But, I’m now finding that this is precluding me from doing many other things on the computer that I’ve long been wanting to get on with. My time is also, of course, taken up with the general tasks of living and running a home, even though I’ve now found myself a wonderful cleaning lady.

Even when I had good sight in both my eyes I was a slow reader, and stopping to read the articles and blogs that take my interest takes up much of my time. As for lengthy emails, well, I rarely have time to read those, especially if they’re in small print! And I just don’t see the point of having a computer if I’m not using it for the things that I originally bought it for, to say nothing of my “new” laptop. That’s another task I still haven’t got around to sorting out due to lack of time.

So, as none of us know “the length of our days,” and my family have never made “old bones,” I’ve decided to concentrate on the things that I choose to do, rather than the things that I feel others are expecting of me. I shall still be reading all of your blogs, and any articles that appeal to me. And if, in the course of my cyber travels, I find things that I think might interest others I’ll still send them over, but I’m no longer going “looking” for them.

I’m not closing this blog down, and naturally I’ll still put up links to any new articles on my site. Also, I’ll comment from time to time on stories that have caught my attention. I’m not totally disappearing and I’ll still read and reply to my emails from those of you with whom I regularly correspond.

I hope this post doesn’t sound depressing as that’s not my intention, and I’m certainly not depressed – just feeling over-worked!

One final note: when Great Spirit, or the Universal All as I prefer to say, finally calls me to join the great research community in the sky you’ll know about it. My daughter has a list of people to email when that day comes; which I hope won’t be for quite a few more years yet!