when life changes how do you adapt

[Ghostdog]

im at a point in my life where i cant do the things i once use to. i dont have the staminia or the strength i once had when i was younger. most days i feel lost when it come to finding work cause most of my previous jobs required physical labour. i can do a day or two of labour jobs but then i need a few days to rest and recover. i get annoyed with myself when i cant do something i know i use to be able to do but cant now.

[JohnR7]

2 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

i get annoyed with myself when i cant do something i know i use to be able to do but cant now.

God causes all things to work together for good. You have to do something that you can do. That maybe a learning process. I went into sales when I could not do construction work anymore. Although I do believe in miracles and that God can heal us beyond what the doctors can do. Sometimes recovery is gradual over time and not an instant healing. Also hire younger people who can do the work and train them in how to do it. If you can find anyone that is actually willing to work. 

[missmuffet]

3 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

im at a point in my life where i cant do the things i once use to. i dont have the staminia or the strength i once had when i was younger. most days i feel lost when it come to finding work cause most of my previous jobs required physical labour. i can do a day or two of labour jobs but then i need a few days to rest and recover. i get annoyed with myself when i cant do something i know i use to be able to do but cant now.

With God. 

[Space_Karen]

4 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

i can do a day or two of labour jobs but then i need a few days to rest and recover. i get annoyed with myself when i cant do something i know i use to be able to do but cant now.

 

It takes time to get it back.

If you keep at it for a few weeks, maybe a month.

Your body will re acclimate and you'll get over the hump.

 

[other one]

4 hours ago, Ghostdog said:

im at a point in my life where i cant do the things i once use to. i dont have the staminia or the strength i once had when i was younger. most days i feel lost when it come to finding work cause most of my previous jobs required physical labour. i can do a day or two of labour jobs but then i need a few days to rest and recover. i get annoyed with myself when i cant do something i know i use to be able to do but cant now.

I'm in the same boat...   try and do the things I used to do at 75 can be kind of dangerous.   I did a bunch o sit ups at the YMCA a couple of months ago and ended up giving myself a hernia.    I'm about 75 pounds overweight and that's more trouble than the 75 years...    a hundred sit ups is too much for an old fat guy I guess.

[com7fy8]

Well . . . may be you can do a couple days of labor, and something else another day . . . or find something which requires physical ability for part of the day, and brains and negotiating for other time. A working supervisor can be needed for nonphysical activity but also needed to help with the work.

And there's such a thing as stopping when you need a breather . . . as long as this in a job where you won't get in trouble for taking breaks more often than scheduled. But if you go on a fishing trawler for fourteen days, no way are they going to be ok with you stopping in a lounge chair with a cold drink! lolololol

In grocery store produce, it seems there is lifting, but then a lot of light work in between the lifting and moving. And you can develop a rapport so younger guys will help you out with moving especially heavy stuff. 

In my case, I am 75 now, and I am discovering how I do not manage to have the stamina like I used to. And I am not motivated enough to exercise enough to get more stamina. But I do stretches and make other effort to keep in shape.

And always I have enough strength and motivation to do the loving that God has me doing  I may not make money, but I do have honey!

[ayin jade]

30 minutes ago, Space_Karen said:

 

It takes time to get it back.

If you keep at it for a few weeks, maybe a month.

Your body will re acclimate and you'll get over the hump.

 

Not always

[ayin jade]

Ghostdog it was hard for me to accept my limitations. I fought it. I also sulked about it. In the end I have to accept it and find other ways to cope with the changes...

Really hard to type with a puppy nose nudging the phone.

[com7fy8]

3 minutes ago, ayin jade said:

Really hard to type with a puppy nose nudging the phone.

There is always loving we can do . . . though our bodies are changing. That puppy might be telling you to remember how there is always loving ready and available 

[ayin jade]

3 minutes ago, com7fy8 said:

There is always loving we can do . . . though our bodies are changing. That puppy might be telling you to remember how there is always loving ready and available 

Or she could be telling me im only fit to be her chew toy lol.