I am now 77 years old … getting up there … and various things have changed and are continuing to change. One thing I have noticed is an ongoing struggle with motivation … motivation to make the effort to get up and out to ride my trike. I think I could easily just sit or lay around forgetting all about the fact that I have a trike. That being said, once I am out riding I enjoy myself. Motivation is something I have written about before.
I used to be very motivated to ride my trike. It has been a slow process changing, but I would have to say the most change has taken place just in the last couple of years. I truly believe that the exercise involved in riding has kept me as young as I am although it is all starting to catch up with me. I am not only looking older, but I am feeling older. Riding is the only real exercise I get and if I were to stop riding I think I would start going downhill fast. Although I feel somewhat old I am still fairly healthy all in all.
I don’t know what it would take to inspire me … to motivate me. Right now I am just telling myself that I really need to ride … that the exercise I get is good for me and much needed. My wife was going to retire this year and we were going to travel around some and ride together. Just today she told me that she plans to continue to work as long as she can. She is ten years younger than me. At this rate I will be in the grave and we will never ride together. Nothing is working out the way I had envisioned and planned.
Years ago I used to have some friends I rode with, but one moved away, one died and the other one hibernates for several months every year and when he does show himself in May he doesn’t do much riding. Having others to ride with helps.
They say attitude is everything. I am not sure I agree with that. It definitely helps, but one could have the best of atttitudes and if they are not physically up to it it ain’t gonna happen. Well, we will see what we will see, don’t you see? I just need to keep telling myself …
KEEP ON TRIKIN’
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