Lifestyle changes - Page 11 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

barry123400 · #**151** 06-14-2012, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by rs899

Tom, I envy you. I need to find some sort of "soft landing " like that. Mentally, I have had enough of 32 years at basically the same daily grind ( buyer in the aerospace industry), but I don't really have any useful marketable skills that would allow me to make the transition away from this.

Self confidence is the key in my opinion. Develops to different levels in different people mostly by past exposure to things.

Somehow or other I seem to always be fairly fortunate. Or the victom of good coincidence. This could end at any time of course.

I purposly sought freedom from the typical grind when in my late twenties and early thirties. You learn to do whatever is required to both enable it and maintain it. Initially it is probably not the easiest road but always remains interesting. I still do a small amount of contract work that feels like an employee job to me. I do not find it all too enjoyable from that perspective.

Currently I would like to free up some time to do more of the things my wife and myself would like to do. I do find it hard to get totally off the merry go round though.

There are a lot of things that are probably good about living day to day. Unfortunatly this was never our practice. We act kind of like there are gaurantees out there. The reality is of course there are not really and as we age things can go full circle pretty fast.

So I settle for while it is good it is good. Ignoring the innevatable of course. Except we make no long range plans more than a year or two out anymore. Will be seventy this year and the wife and myself are still in pretty good health.

I guess the secret is trying to format your life and family so that you get to enjoy life as much as possible within reason. A habit I developed was to always keep additional pokers in the fire. So if one was wearing down or cooling off I had another one right there. Even at my age there are still some in the fire waiting if the need is ever there. As things are right now there is no need.

t walgamuth · #**152** 06-14-2012, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by barry123400

Self confidence is the key in my opinion. Develops to different levels in different people mostly by past exposure to things.

Somehow or other I seem to always be fairly fortunate. Or the victom of good coincidence. This could end at any time of course.

I purposly sought freedom from the typical grind when in my late twenties and early thirties. You learn to do whatever is required to both enable it and maintain it. Initially it is probably not the easiest road but always remains interesting. I still do a small amount of contract work that feels like an employee job to me. I do not find it all too enjoyable from that perspective.

Currently I would like to free up some time to do more of the things my wife and myself would like to do. I do find it hard to get totally off the merry go round though.

There are a lot of things that are probably good about living day to day. Unfortunatly this was never our practice. We act kind of like there are gaurantees out there. The reality is of course there are not really and as we age things can go full circle pretty fast.

So I settle for while it is good it is good. Ignoring the innevatable of course. Except we make no long range plans more than a year or two out anymore. Will be seventy this year and the wife and myself are still in pretty good health.

I guess the secret is trying to format your life and family so that you get to enjoy life as much as possible within reason. A habit I developed was to always keep additional pokers in the fire. So if one was wearing down or cooling off I had another one right there. Even at my age there are still some in the fire waiting if the need is ever there. As things are right now there is no need.

i agree confidence is key...and no fear to fail.

The Clk Man · #**153** 06-14-2012, 10:46 PM

Talk about lifestyle changes, I will NEVER do what I did today AGAIN.... I didn't want to wait for the wife and daughter to get back from shopping. So I walked the two miles from my shop to my house. I am so wore out, I fell asleep while typing this post..........

chilcutt · #**154** 06-14-2012, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by The Clk Man

Talk about lifestyle changes, I will NEVER do what I did today AGAIN.... I didn't want to wait for the wife and daughter to get back from shopping. So I walked the two miles from my shop to my house. I am so wore out, I fell asleep while typing this post..........

One week ago, I started back swimming in order to pass assessment for a position at Sentosa Resort World Aquatic Park.(where people swim with dolphins-sea tortoises)

Have to be able to swim 4 lengths of an Olympic size pool-Freestyle.
First try...made it halfway..found the ladder...went home.

Second time..spent 1 hour doing different strokes..next day could hardly move.

Kept at it..did not quit.

Yesterday..finally swam one entire length freestyle.

Dont hurt as much now..built my confidence.

Point is, you can accomplish many things,as long as you set a goal.

t walgamuth · #**155** 06-15-2012, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by The Clk Man

Talk about lifestyle changes, I will NEVER do what I did today AGAIN.... I didn't want to wait for the wife and daughter to get back from shopping. So I walked the two miles from my shop to my house. I am so wore out, I fell asleep while typing this post..........

Sounds like you better start doing it every day.

t walgamuth · #**156** 06-15-2012, 07:28 AM

I try to exercise regularly. It is harder when I am busy. If I were operating under the plan I would swim monday wed and friday....I swim about 20 minutes at a moderate pace.

Tuesday and thursday I would do about 1.3 miles on the treadmill. That is about 3.6 mph for 22 minutes. I also stretch my back, do some pushups and do specific lifting exercises which benefit my bum right shoulder.

Being summer now I often will walk on the street since the weather is so beautiful in the morning.

If I don't swim at least once a week I get pretty sore....especially my back.

t walgamuth · #**157** 08-19-2012, 05:49 PM

I continue to do the Pricing proposals for the JOC contractor. That is pretty comfortable. They have asked me to do a bit more recently and am attending some of the many meetings that PU requires in place of my boss.

And tomorrow I will begin teaching a design studio in the Interior design department at PU. Two days a week, three hours a day. It doesn't pay much but might lead to full time or near next semester.

cmbdiesel · #**158** 08-19-2012, 06:04 PM

t walgamuth · #**159** 08-19-2012, 06:17 PM

If I were to become full time professor/teacher I might go for the full beard again.

barry123400 · #**160** 08-19-2012, 08:47 PM

Tom for some reason many older guys can find meaningful employment now than I ever remember. Not that long ago a guy at 70 like myself would at best get a job at the security level perhaps.

I just gave up contract work for awhile and may or may not go back to it. Anyways as always all the best. Working at things we enjoy seems to keep us younger in my opinion. Or at least keeps us in contact with things better and reduces further aging mentally to some extent. Part of it is perhaps we feel we are still able to make some meaningful contribution.

Downsizing personal expenses at any age during a questionable economy is just the smarts. When things turn around we are better off as a result usually. As always I wish you well.

t walgamuth · #**161** 08-19-2012, 09:01 PM

Thanks Barry!

Keeping active and still going after challanges is what I aim to do to keep from becoming a relic.

Air&Road · #**162** 08-20-2012, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by chilcutt

One week ago, I started back swimming in order to pass assessment for a position at Sentosa Resort World Aquatic Park.(where people swim with dolphins-sea tortoises)

Have to be able to swim 4 lengths of an Olympic size pool-Freestyle.
First try...made it halfway..found the ladder...went home.

Second time..spent 1 hour doing different strokes..next day could hardly move.

Kept at it..did not quit.

Yesterday..finally swam one entire length freestyle.

Dont hurt as much now..built my confidence.

Point is, you can accomplish many things,as long as you set a goal.

Chil,

In late May of '71 just before leaving the Army I was put on what is called Exempt of Duty. This meant that I did not do my regular work any more because of nearing my discharge date. I started working every other night as Charge of Quarters in the billets. I worked from 5 at night until 7 the next morning, basically being responsible for the drunks after hours.

Since I was off during the day every day and since I had been paying seventeen cents a pack for cigarettes and they were going to be forty five cents a pack back home while going to college I decided it was time to quit smoking.

My girlfriend ran the municipal swimming pool and I was able to go there every day. Some times on weekdays we had the place all to ourselves for awhile. Great benefits when that happened.

I decided to start swimming to blow the crap out of my lungs. The first day it was all I could do to make it to the other end of the Olympic size pool. I thought it was going to take a winch truck to get me out of the water.

The next day I was sore, but to my surprise it was a little easier. By the time I was to leave for good about 45 days later, I could get in that pool and swim and swim and swim until I just got sick and tired of swimming. Of course I was only 22 at the time, but it was one of the greatest things I ever did for my body.

Since it's been some time since this post, have you gotten in shape and can swim long distance now?

Air&Road · #**163** 08-20-2012, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I continue to do the Pricing proposals for the JOC contractor. That is pretty comfortable. They have asked me to do a bit more recently and am attending some of the many meetings that PU requires in place of my boss.

And tomorrow I will begin teaching a design studio in the Interior design department at PU. Two days a week, three hours a day. It doesn't pay much but might lead to full time or near next semester.

The kids are lucky. Having a teacher that has been there, done that in the real world is a gift.

kerry · #**164** 08-20-2012, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I continue to do the Pricing proposals for the JOC contractor. That is pretty comfortable. They have asked me to do a bit more recently and am attending some of the many meetings that PU requires in place of my boss.

And tomorrow I will begin teaching a design studio in the Interior design department at PU. Two days a week, three hours a day. It doesn't pay much but might lead to full time or near next semester.

Sounds like a good gig.

Mistress · #**165** 08-22-2012, 01:38 PM

i thought this was a thread about dieting....