The Older We Get, The More Maintenance We Need / myLot

United States

September 7, 2026 11:46am CST

Remember when you were 20 and you could just hop out of bed and go to work (or college) and be gone all day and then just fall into bed at night? I started making a list of all the "maintenance" items I had to do now at 61. I gave up after it got too long. It included: 1. wear teeth retainer while sleeping each night 2. use CPAP while sleeping each night 3. Take morning pills 4. Take evening pills 5. Apply lotion to legs 6. Wear compression socks all day 7. Apply knee pain cream 8. Moisturize face morning and night I stopped there. Obviously there's brushing teeth, showering, etc. As you can tell, I'm not liking being old.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (212688)

• United States

13h

Honestly, you are not that old. Thinking that you are is probably one of the reasons you suffer so. Mind over matter. I know I am old, but I don't think about it very often. There are people who are alot older, and I am just a youngster compared to them, and so you are..you are quite a bit younger than I am.

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LooeyVille

@LooeyVille (38)

• United States

13h

It’s a joke. I joke about it

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snowy

@snowy22315 (212688)

• United States

13h

@LooeyVille You "joke" about it a lot.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (87566)

• United States

12h

I’m thankful. Yeah, I have to take those pills; however, I take fewer pills all day (one in the morning, four at lunch, one at night) than some people half my age have to take in one sitting, which they repeat 3-4 times a day! I don’t moisturize the face…no use in putting lipstick on a pig.

I usually have the Biofreeze or Icy Hot standing by, just in case, and usually once a week I don’t leave home unless I’m wrapped in lidocaine patches.

I saw video of John Williams conducting the Imperial March at a salute to him the other night. He’s 94, in a wheelchair, and he didn’t really look like he knew where he was.

No, I’ll take my little aches and pains instead.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (126578)

• United States

12h

I don’t remember just hopping out of bed, but I’m certain I did. I imagine I had a lot more get up and go before my car accident.

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luisadannointed

@luisadannointed (12733)

• Philippines

14h

Who wants to get old? But anyway lets just try to maximize the youth we still got inside of us.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54649)

• United States

14h

Getting older definitely comes with its challenges, but I am glad to still be here.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (240389)

• Walnut Creek, California

14h

I don't care for it either. But the alternative is a bit uncertain.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (57380)

• Canada

15h

You are not old, you are just adjusting to health issues. I have been doing half of your list since I was 16 years old. The rest of the list is not something that I have to adhere to.

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rakski

@rakski (160697)

• Philippines

getting old has a lot of things that come with it. Maintenance is one of them

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (100623)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

10h

Could this mean that I am like a femal Peter Pan I wonder, No meds, no pains, no real complaints just my anxiety. Also stopped coloring hair and only a patch of white in the front otherwise my childhood mousey brown, Odd definitely odd but I will take it,

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