Dear LPG,

I am not sure how long it is between the time that you actually receive our letters and the time that you post them so I would like to start by telling you that I am writing this during the first week of the new year of 2020.

This is the time when the weather is not the best, spring seems a really long way off, and the Christmas and New Year hype is well and truly over.  Most of us are all a little poorer because of all the recent spending sprees we have either been on, or clicked on, the younger ones have either returned to school or work which makes for a return to lonelier days for many of us and there is not a lot to do. 

I like to keep busy at such times, so I decided to get back to the computer where I was taking a look at the World Wide Web and found some information about the things that older people regret not having done when they were younger.  I know that most of the readers of this site are older and it got me wondering just how accurate the reports I read on line really are. 

They seem to dwell on the job we really wanted that we did not pursue, the attention we did not give to our families which grew up and went their separate ways right under our noses and the risks and holidays we did not take.  I found 4 differing opinions on the subject which offered very similar lists of the most popular regrets that older people have. 

The blogs and videos I found could well have left me feeling even more down about the time of year and the stage of my life that I have reached than I already was in until I realised that age is relative and, in my opinion, too many people accept that they are ‘old’ way to soon after they retire.

So my message has to be an urge for all us oldies to work on what we can do to fix the things that we regret.  Working on the future is a much better use of your time!

AF, Crofton Park

AF shared the online articles and videos that triggered his message today…

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