Monday, January 23, 2023

Watching out for overgrowth

I like to keep alert for things that grow too much.  My waistline can overgrow.  My library can, too.  As we age, we find, aside from our weight and girth, a somewhat separate issue is a diminished capacity for food.  We often know the portion we have eaten many times before and are surprised to find that we can not comfortably hold that much now.


We use a shared Google Calendar. Google features and services are available on just about any connected device, whether a computer, a smartphone or a tablet.  It is interesting to me that service.google.com is the form of just about every device.  I use the Firefox browser quite regularly and when I have it open, just the first letter of a service such as "news" or "calendar" brings up the full address immediately and intact.


One of the aspects of our lives that can overgrow is the number of events and organizations we have agreed to.  It is well-known that a church or a fraternal organization may notice that a person has now retired, a person with good organization abilities and computer skills and a pleasant personality.  As such a person retires, he or she may be a little worried about what they will do to occupy their body and mind in retirement.  So, the church or fraternal organization or whatever invites the new retiree to attend meetings.  They turn out to be fun and lively.  A further invitation is extended to be part of the social committee or the reorganization committee or the finance committee.


Of course, as aging proceeds, mobility may decrease.  Eyesight and hearing may diminish.  More naps per day may be needed, not to mention memory and other brain functions. 

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