Anyone else had to slow things down?

If you find that you're really really rushing at things and can't slow down even if you try...and it's getting beyond a joke...you may just want to get checked by the doc-(there are a few things that can get a bit out of balance-that can cause (treatable) medical conditions).

Ah yes. I have learnt I can no longer run up the stairs as my right knee is liable to give way and on one occasion I fell down the stairs. Now I work in the theory that slow and steady wins the race. And yes, I can do something for an hour then I need to sit down.
I think you have to live in a Goldilocks way, so you keep active but do not strain yourself.

I do things at full pelt too and multi task, however I find now that I am getting clumsy and have accidents. I am consciously trying to slow things down a little, not so many tasks in a given time and resting (reading a chapter of my book) between jobs. I am realising that nobody cares if there is dust on the furniture etc but they do appreciate me having time to chat or just be calm

I am getting creaky, achy and tired, especially over the past few months. I still walk regularly but find its getting harder. I still expect to do what i have always done and am constantly surprised when i struggle, but hope this is maybe a blip and my energy will return. .... flying pigs!

Kazziecookie been there, done that and reaped the consequences of not listening to my body. Looking back we should have sold the business while it was a good viable concern as it would have realised more money for our retirement. We did not do that and carried on to our mutual regrets. If you sell up and downsize you will not need a huge mortgage and hopefully no mortgage at all. Timing is everything and if you don't get on with it you will miss the boat and not be able to enjoy a fulfilling retirement. You need to both sit down and decide what you want from the rest of your lives and whether one of you is prepared to carry on alone.
This may sound harsh but I am just trying to give you the benefit of our experience in I the hope that you will do better than we have!

I don't notice the slowing down unless I am with a younger person. We don't see our son and family very often and when we do they seem to rush about like a film on fast-forward. When they leave you can see the dust settle.

When walking with DS I keep asking him to slow down a bit. He tells me he's just getting his own back from when he was a child and had to run to keep up with me

When my friend went to the GP and told him she was worried because she could no longer do certain things . He was concerned and asked her for an example . "Well I 'm finding it a lot harder to lift the 2x2 slabs in the garden. I can do it but not easily" was her reply. He smiled and asked her how old she was. She was 71 at the time.

I've currently got mobility problems and it's soooo frustrating. Housework has more or less had to go by the board and any outing involving stairs and no lift is a no no. My brain is still very active but my body................ I've got a lot of young friends and I really do feel the old granny when we meet up now. I'm trying not to let it get me down.