Three months ago, I was really busy.
There weren’t enough hours in the day to do everything I wanted to do. I needed to reclaim time.
This has been a problem for at least twenty years. Working or retired, I fill my days. It’s a temperament thing or perhaps a character flaw. I’m not sure which.
Accompanying my “busyness flaw” is my “vanity flaw”. I would rather lose hours every week than LOOK OLDER or even look my age. I deluded myself into thinking I was the female Dorian Gray, the ageless guy who sold his soul so that a painted portrait would age and he would remain 30 forever. (He also led a libertine life but that doesn’t apply.)
Anyway my strategy was to find seven hours a week to pursue my interests. So I put a chain on my glasses.
That is all I did. I leashed my glasses to my body so I wouldn’t lose them and I haven’t regretted it for a moment.
The problem is I can’t read with my glasses even though I have bifocals. I can’t use my computer with my glasses and I can’t watch Netflix.
Every time I cook, write my blog or use my computer I take my glasses off and lose them.
And I spent an hour a day searching for the damn things.
I’ve found them on the floor, behind a bookcase and even in the refridgerator. One time I found the silly things on our old stone wall because I can’t weed with my glasses.
Bottom line.
Practicality trumped vanity and I embraced the librarian look
Thank you to Sadje at LifeAfter50ForWomen blog. Her Topsey Turvey post got me thinking.
In case you are wondering (because I did), Glasses are always plural because they’re a pair of lenses. The plural of monocle is monocles.
Why do you need your glasses if you can’t weed, watch TV, read, or use the computer with them? What is left ? Driving? Walking?
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Great question. I am very nearsighted. During COVID lockdown, I found out after 50 years wearing glasses I didn’t really need them in the house unless I want to watch birds. I think it is habit. Definitely need for outside though.
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I understand! I usually keep my glasses on the top of my head. I used to think that looked so stupid. Now, I am in the club. 🙂
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Ha! I had cataract surgery and only need glasses to read smaller print. I was so happy. I bought several ‘reader’ glasses and left them around the house. Only problem was they were never within reach when I needed them. So I’m back to wearing glasses full time. It&/ easier and less stressful. Like you, I have them ‘chained’ around my neck when I don’t need them.
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I have heard cataract surgery is amazing. People who’ve worn glasses theìr whole lives can suddenly see. Beauty of modern science. Welcome to the chained gang Betty.
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I wear Clic Magnetic Glasses around my neck. Have NEVER lost them!
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I wonder if they have ythose glasses for Rx lenses.
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Cute blog.
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I feel your pain and laughed out loud! Having endured terrible sight for years, I had Lasik in my 40s – loved it. Then I got an early cataract in my 50s and had a lens implant – that was great too. Then age caught up with me and I have glasses for the TV and different ones for computing. I foolishly chose dark frames and can’t find the darned things anywhere. When I work at the airport, I have to keep putting them on my head to look at my notes.
My eyes (and everything else…) have become intolerably dry so I can’t even wear makeup as much as I would like. Geez Louise – who would be old??? 🧐
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You know my pain. Thanks for the solace and for stopping by and reading A Mile at a Time.
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😊
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This rings home!
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