I'm quite surprised to see that I am the first person to respond to this article over a week after it was published. However, it really resonated with me. When I think of or look at photos of my dad (born in the 20s) & grandfather (late 19th century), they look far older than me (I'm 67) & my Boomer contemporaries (for the most part). By this point in their lives, both had at least one heart attack (dad two), but I'm still chugging along. Shit, even my slovenly older brother (72) hasn't had one. I joined the Navy at 19 not long after the Vietnam War ended, & I still had my high school track athlete body, so of course I thought I would always look that way. Thankfully I wised up & started attending to my physical fitness again (plus the Navy demanded it), but as I entered my 30s & during the approach to my 40s, I was dismayed at the physical decrepitness of the younger Sailors. Shockingly, they could not keep up with me during the semi-annual physical fitness test (1.5 mile run/25 pushups/50 situps) even at my relatively advanced age! Fast forward to my mid-50s & I'm living in Old Town Alexandria, VA, a charming walkable town across the Potomac River from DC that was popular with tourists & locals. I was incredibly fit (P90X - thank you Tony Horton) & was amazed by how bold women (my age, older, & younger) were in sizing me up head-to-toe without any shame at all. If I was of a mind (I'm married), this was a target rich environment that I could have turned to my advantage. It seemed like every woman there (they far outnumbered the men) was walking a dog, which to me said it was a substitute for male partner/companionship (I guess similar to what VP JD Vance refers to as the childless cat ladies). As I begin the approach to my 70s (& God willing, later on my 80s), I look up to men like Dr. Mark Hymen for how to eat right, & Mark Sisson for how to stay fit & active as I age. I take NO meds, use daily supplements, continue to do P90X & other BeachBody.com exercise routines, get in some forest bathing, & generally do my best to keep moving. I'm retired & would like to believe that I am wealthy in the way you describe in this article. Thank you so much for publishing it, although I suspect it won't be welcomed in all quarters.
> would like to believe that I am wealthy in the way you describe
It sounds like you definitely are! Keep up the good work. And thank you for the description of your exciting life well-lived.
I’m just getting started on here. So stuff doesn’t get out there to readers all too easily at first. But I’ll keep grinding it out. Thanks for the encouragement. Means a lot.
I'm quite surprised to see that I am the first person to respond to this article over a week after it was published. However, it really resonated with me. When I think of or look at photos of my dad (born in the 20s) & grandfather (late 19th century), they look far older than me (I'm 67) & my Boomer contemporaries (for the most part). By this point in their lives, both had at least one heart attack (dad two), but I'm still chugging along. Shit, even my slovenly older brother (72) hasn't had one. I joined the Navy at 19 not long after the Vietnam War ended, & I still had my high school track athlete body, so of course I thought I would always look that way. Thankfully I wised up & started attending to my physical fitness again (plus the Navy demanded it), but as I entered my 30s & during the approach to my 40s, I was dismayed at the physical decrepitness of the younger Sailors. Shockingly, they could not keep up with me during the semi-annual physical fitness test (1.5 mile run/25 pushups/50 situps) even at my relatively advanced age! Fast forward to my mid-50s & I'm living in Old Town Alexandria, VA, a charming walkable town across the Potomac River from DC that was popular with tourists & locals. I was incredibly fit (P90X - thank you Tony Horton) & was amazed by how bold women (my age, older, & younger) were in sizing me up head-to-toe without any shame at all. If I was of a mind (I'm married), this was a target rich environment that I could have turned to my advantage. It seemed like every woman there (they far outnumbered the men) was walking a dog, which to me said it was a substitute for male partner/companionship (I guess similar to what VP JD Vance refers to as the childless cat ladies). As I begin the approach to my 70s (& God willing, later on my 80s), I look up to men like Dr. Mark Hymen for how to eat right, & Mark Sisson for how to stay fit & active as I age. I take NO meds, use daily supplements, continue to do P90X & other BeachBody.com exercise routines, get in some forest bathing, & generally do my best to keep moving. I'm retired & would like to believe that I am wealthy in the way you describe in this article. Thank you so much for publishing it, although I suspect it won't be welcomed in all quarters.
> would like to believe that I am wealthy in the way you describe
It sounds like you definitely are! Keep up the good work. And thank you for the description of your exciting life well-lived.
I’m just getting started on here. So stuff doesn’t get out there to readers all too easily at first. But I’ll keep grinding it out. Thanks for the encouragement. Means a lot.