Scott and SadieSome young people LOVE to make “becoming your parents” jokes. But age, experience, and perspective can also bring a lot of WISDOM.
There’s a thread on social media where people are talking about “old person” habits they’ve adopted . . . because they’re actually really good ideas. And here are the best ones:
1. Doing weekend errands before noon to beat the crowds.
2. Eating early dinners. You get better sleep if your food is properly digested.
3. Ignoring the clock. “Eat when you’re hungry, sleep when you’re tired.”
4. Using lap blankets. And heated blankets.
5. Switching to comfortable clothes indoors, like slippers and sweatpants.
6. Wanting to stay home. Others can come to me. (Someone added, “Same, except I don’t want them to come to me. I don’t want to see anybody.”)
7. Using “closed captioning” on everything you watch.
8. Picking up sewing, crocheting, and knitting as a form of meditation.
9. Buying pill organizers on Amazon. They’re convenient even for vitamins.
10. Having paper printouts of stuff like vacation itineraries. Sure, everything can go on your phone . . . but you’re always digging through apps trying to find it.
11. Having a plastic bag . . . full of other plastic bags. “You never know when you’ll need one, and somehow, it just feels responsible.”
12. Lowering the volume while you’re parallel parking.
13. Having a box of tissues in every room.
14. Wearing those straps on your glasses so you can wear them around your neck when you’re not using them.
15. Complaining about young people.
16. Collecting cats.
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