
I accomplished all of my chores today. But, my Shit2Do List was very modest today.
Still exploring “Learning to be Old”. Today’s additions come from Carlton. And he really didn’t get to be old. He was the same age as I am now when he died. So, he made it to old. But, he didn’t make it to really old.
Walk every day. Outside if at all possible.
Do something “mental” and totally offline for 20 minutes every day.
As I mentioned, these are from Carlton. He went out and rode his bike every afternoon. He would say “You have to keep your legs in working order”. 
These are the pictures I took of Carlton two days before he died. I had deleted them but, retrieved them from the trash after he turned up “unalive”. I took the pictures because he almost ran over me.
Carlton also believed his brain was a muscle like his quads, hammies, and abductors. So, exercised his brain every day. Usually by spending some time reading a dead tree history book. I find my own brain becoming “scattered”. I am losing my ability to maintain laserlike focus for more than 10 seconds. I think that part of this is caused by too much screen time. Hence: Do something “mental” and totally offline for 20 minutes every day.
One week and one day until I go off on my Northwest Passage adventure.
