People over 55 (or younger), what things do you avoid doing now?

[Luluissleeping]

For me, it's going up stairs due to mobility issues. We are thinking of moving to a bungalow or getting a stairlift here. I find getting upstairs in other buildings very difficult so avoid it.
I would be interested in what other people avoid doing.

I'm 74. I've stopped doing a few things (like running for a bus) because I'm not physically up to it any more. I've stopped others (certain aspects of my profession) because I can't be arsed to any more. I don't go up ladders, though I probably still COULD, because I recognise the risks are now too high.

I avoid spending time with people I don't like, including family members. Fck 'em!
I avoid caring what people think. Fck' em!
And I've pretty much given up alcohol but only because the hangovers are not worth it. Yes, I've become middle aged and crotchety, and I bloody love it, it's liberating to be this age.

I have given up citrus fruits and fruit juice as plays havoc with arthritis and blood sugar respectively. Given up eating past 7pm as gives me heartburn in bed later. Barely drink alcohol as goes straight to my head and make me feel like I'm being boiled. Given up bare feet as get pains thanks to plantar fascitis. I go up and downstairs like a toddler as don't have faith in my knees behaving. It's fun getting old.

I'm 62 and there is nothing at all I have stopped doing due to my age.

Drinking alcohol, it make me feel quite ill.

I’m 60 and don’t go up ladders if I’m alone in the house plus I keep my phone on me most of the time in case I have an accident. Other than that I haven’t changed what I do.

cut out all alcohol other than social drinking and that may end.
work out 5-6 times a week so had to up the amount of protein I consume but cut any junk food
more religious on making I sure I get enough sleep

I'm nearly 60 and I avoid anyone who turns anything into a big drama....yes "d"sis and her almost 40 year old DD I am looking at you.

Giving up:
Working too hard
Not contacting friends
Cheap tat
Pubs
Meals in shouty restaurants
Boring work dos

I’m 70.

I don’t iron anything, but then I barely ever did. And I don’t feel the need to be polite to people who piss me off.

I’ve spent the past four years severely limited because of injury and then a hip replacement. The main reason I had that is so I could get my life back, so I’m trying hard not to avoid or give up anything that I once took for granted.

Nearly 56. My mobility is significantly impaired and had to have a knee replacement last year but I’m determined not to let it stop me. I have a job which can be quite physical at times, which I love and I intend to do until I retire but I’ve stopped drinking so much and have stopped using it to mask unhappiness. I say no, more, and have become more ‘selfish’ because I really don’t have the time, energy or inclination to bother with things/people I don’t like or want to do. I used to be very active one way and another but I’m riddled with arthritis now so trying to keep mobile, eating well and enjoying life more on my terms.

I avoid spending time with people I don't like. I've also stopped giving a shit what people think about me. Getting older does have its upsides

I've stopped feeling bad about having zero interest in having another relationship. I am single. I have cats. All is well.

Likewise at 61.

Oh the naivety….

People don’t stop,doing things like going up,the stairs because they can’t be bothered. They do so because they can’t and then, after much struggle/trying to get better etc…, finally come to the conclusion, very reluctantly, that they can’t do that thing.

And yes it does then to hapoen more as you get older. What a surprise?
Are you, by any chance, expecting to still be able to do as much as you do now as you get older, just because ‘you’ve kept fit agd have tried to alleviate your problems’? Well… I have news. You probably won’t be (talking statistically here)

Wearing socks on my days off, although this is fatness as opposed to age related !

Also going anywhere on a night out that involves sharing food, not being able to sit down and not being able to hear what your friends are saying.

Yes I need to be able to sit down and I don’t like crowds

Putting up with arseholes, keeping quite when someone is talking bollocks.

giving advice unless asked

doing anything that I don't want to do just to please others

I do make sure I give praise where it's due and respect people who work hard for my benefit

Aaaaand the ablism is the very first reply

Some mobility issues are impossible to prevent, or alleviate. When that happens you need to find coping strategies to help you function.

@Luluissleeping I avoid going up and down my stairs unless I have to, luckily I have a toilet upstairs & downstairs. I schedule my day to incorporate rest breaks, I drive instead of walking, and bulk cook at weekends so I have quick food to eat during the week.

Dancing to Jump Around by House of Pain 😬

mmm, I'm 52 and I smoke, drink sometimes, don't particularly worry about what or how much I eat, never go to a gym or do organized exercise (at the moment, but used to run, play tennis, badminton and weigh train) I am in very good shape, healthy BP and look just fine too.

Some of it is luck, so really there is no need to be smug.

I haven't given up anything. I don't have much time at the moment for exercise but I can walk for miles, get up off the floor without using my hands and can get up a hill faster than people half my age.

A lot of it is just luck.

Quite a lot due to mid stage Parkinson’s at 63, few good days now🙁, 8 years in

Agreed. I'm 64, don't smoke, don't drink, not overweight. Fit until 10 years ago when my arthritis started. Now - I do as much as I can but I'm very limited by pain and stiffness.

Wearing heels
going to events unless I really want to go
Leaving events if I’m bored
Drinking alcohol
Killing myself at work