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Youth's wasted on the Young

TheCatWoman

I wish I'd have had the confidence and knowlege I have now when I was young enough to make use ot it, or that my body was still capable of that amount of energy.

I think I'd do property development, I just got my DIY skills up to a reasonable level when my body started packing up, frozen shoulders mean I can't decorate and use tools properly as my arms go stupid when I try and hold them at or above shoulder height. My back will no longer allow me to lift things nor will my knees, nor will my knees allow me to kneel or bend down anymore.

I could do without many things that come with youth, like a functioning libido, menstruation etc, but a fully working skeleton would be great.

What would you do if you had the energy of youth with the wisdom of being older?

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  • I've been told by many people over the years that as I'm young I should appreciate my body while it works, usually in the context of things like marathons. They get very uncomfortable when I tell them that my knees were awful by the time I was 8. 

    I think you do what you can with the body you have. Sometimes you can make it better for a bit. But I try not to mourn not having as functional body as others my age do and find other things to do, in my case, kayaking (doesn't require good knees).

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  • I've been told by many people over the years that as I'm young I should appreciate my body while it works, usually in the context of things like marathons. They get very uncomfortable when I tell them that my knees were awful by the time I was 8. 

    I think you do what you can with the body you have. Sometimes you can make it better for a bit. But I try not to mourn not having as functional body as others my age do and find other things to do, in my case, kayaking (doesn't require good knees).

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