how do guys cope with getting older ?

how do you compensate for age in being prepare for diaster?

Don't dwell on getting old. Continue working out to stay physically active and fit. It's good for your brain.

+1. Physical fitness is extremely important, as is more attention to maintaining health - regular checkups, preventive measures, and the like. Stay active and engaged.

There's always the contrarian approach: "Eat, drink, and be merry, tomorrow you may be dead."

Don't know.... I am 73 and have not gotten old yet. I have a few health issues, but that is nothing new. Come to think of it, I am surrounded by folks 60- 90 and we hike, ride bikes and in general enjoy life.

Most of us feel that life gets better as we get older. We have learned a lot, like simple is better, enjoy each other and that sort of stuff.

How do we cope? Very well, thank you.

Nomad, who lives a simple life in the desert with many good friends.

P.S. This Wed. a group of us will be hiking into the desert to do some archeology surveying for the Air Force (land owners). We will be carrying the standard gear, plb's, radios, food, water etc. We just walk slower, we are more careful and we watch out for each other. Guess we do ok with preps.

No magic answer here but I tell you what I do.

Getting very close to 60. So, I am not getting any younger nor healthier. In addition to the great advice of getting fit, I think that since we cannot get as physical as we were before , it is the more imprtant to get "better mental health" than before. It is still possible.

I used to be hot tempered before, getting upset about so many things that are not "right" either at work or at home. Now , I take it easy and try to be more focused on what is most important , shoving less important things a little behind.

For example, a few things at work are definitely wrong (IMO), but I have figured that if they weren't fixed in the last 20 years , they won't be fixed now, so why bother?? I better get more focused on thing that I CAN do , like gardening..... Speaking of which ... I can add the advice/suggestion : get yourself a useful, productive hobby that can help your mentality as well as help you in case of SHTF.

I lie about my age. That's how I cope. It works well. Give it a shot. Hint: people start getting really suspicious after the fifth time you turn 30.

I am mid forties and work is vey physical. I feel the aches and pains more than I used too, and dont work 12-18 hours days much anymore (self employed)and tons of hobbies and interests tied to my job. I have not yet begun to medicate with Ibprophen or asprin (aint that bad yet), but I do have my most recent reminder I aint getting younger, reading glasses. I was on my dualsport this summer while on vacation and on very remote forest roads and lost my reading glasses, I was "cooked" to read the map I had. It was a not so subtle reminder that in an emergency situation I had BETTER have multiple pairs around. A buddy was supposed to be with me (he had to cancel last minute) and I did have a contigency plan that my wife knew of (as well as a "rough" idea of where I would be that day)but still it was a little unsettling.

Ironwood

Ironwood... you may already know the trick if you lose your glasses.... but if you curl your index finger over or under your thumb to make as small an aperture as possible, you can change the field of view ... and can see in much sharper focus ...

my last scooter crash was on a DL1000 VStrom

WOW, that IS cool, just peeped thru a small small hole and #$%^ it worked, add that to my list of "Must remember".

THANKS, Ironwood