(#5667) I pour all of me into my two day work week

      I am sitting here typing this post while also getting ready for the second day of my two day work week. It may sound like I am being ridiculous talking about anything that may be difficult about my short work week but I am feeling all the aches and pains of a physical life. I didn't sit behind a desk for a living. I was out into the workforce as a logger, framer, sheetrocker, and miner. None of these occupations are for the weak of body and for sure they took a toll on mine. Even with those laboring tasks I was athletic enough to play sports well into my forties which also put a strain on my bones and muscles. In other words I wore myself out in my youth and beyond so that now into an older age I am feeling the price of my occupational and entertainment choices.
     Not that that is a bad thing it is just what it is. So now in my twilight time I am reduced to working for two days and having five days off, which by the way sounds great. Be that as it may be though the two days I do work are given the same dutiful effort and attention I have always given in whatever occupation I endeavored. Because at the end of each of these days I am in far worse shape than I was as a younger man. Again, I am not complaining and instead am fortunate that I am able to exist on such a slim work schedule despite my older age. But the point is that I am not as strong as I was and it is taking a toll on me. I work much smarter now than as a younger man when strength pushed me through where strategy could be circumvented to save time and force provided instead.
     I will always take pride in any task given and when I am not able to complete the tasks is when I will find another occupation than the transfer driving one I have now. When I think about how my social security has helped me continue to live foundationally I am more than outraged at those republican politicians who want to end social security along with medicare/medicaid, that we paid out of our paychecks over a lifetime of work, when so many millions of us older population are now in dire need of such public insurance policies. My two day work week helps me make ends meet while not taxing my body beyond its current limitations. That is the reality for me of getting older as I prepare this month to add yet another year to my age.