Age Inappropriate

Daily writing prompt

What could you try for the first time?

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I’ve been accused of being too reticent in new efforts. I respond that I start slow, build up, and finish big. If you are a beachgoer, you know the approaches; the plunger or the toe in first to get the feel. I am in that third camp – toe in, walk in, and gradually build towards the plunge. If you are in the personality test business, you could make a lot out of this for personality types. 

I maintain that it’s no disgrace to feel things out first. But I have little admiration for those who live vicariously or through escapism alone. The only way you’ll get to tell your grandkids interesting stories is if you do, at some point, go out and try some new things. Not to be garrulous about it, but I’ve tried lots of things. I didn’t say I was successful at all of them, but I tried them. And that’s the thing: it’s OK not to succeed in everything.

So what’s my next act, you ask? Well, the list is long, but I’ve narrowed it down to a Geriatric Elvis impersonator, a door-to-door dietary supplement salesman, or, my favorite, a personal trainer for those indecisive about what they want to do next. I’ll charge a hefty fee, come and help motivate you to do age-inappropriate activities like an attempt to sail to Europe in a giant gerbil cage ( don’t laugh, someone recently tried this). I can video record it so you can show everyone that you are further along the path to dementia than they guessed.

Kind of like doing well while doing good?

Call me!