Hank
Age, perceptions, and not stopping.
Age, and other peoples expectations and perceptions of what we do, this is an interesting one for me. Leading on from my last blog where I talked about making new stories in our lives. When I grew up, and yes that is a few years ago now, not quite horse and cart territory 😊 I had this perception that as we got older, and at some point in the far distant future when I “grew up” that we tend to slow down, potter in the garden, put our feet up and slowly wind down. How this perception has changed…for me, and what I see in a lot of others, and often not in a small way. So how has this changed? The availability and range of activities that we can take part in, in my view, has grown, and often technology has changed in many ways to allow us to do more. The downside is that these changes in technology has also often made our lives more sedentary
So, in what ways has this changed, and this is a very interesting question by itself.
Perceptions, to me this is probably a major one, and I don’t know if it’s because of the age I’m at, but realising and understanding the we don’t have to slow done and stop. In fact I think that over the last few years we are being encouraged more and more to be active, and I think that’s a bloody good thing. The last 18 months has seen a lot of things change, we are encouraged to get out and explore our own back yard, and some of that is about being more active and physically able to do so. In some ways technology is enabled this, I’m thinking specifically of e-bikes, as this is allowing more people to get out who normally may not of. The downside of technology is it has also meant we lead more sedentary lives, less active in the workplace, for some working from home more
