This year I face 60. Although retired from the corp world, I'm actually very busy between 2 bands and smithing. Keeping busy is the key in my book. I feel great when I have a busy week more than when I just sit and do nothing. Then I feel like a slug. I know this sounds silly but 48 years of playing music and playing out has kept me "young". I look around me at stores and stuff and I see guys that are my age and less that jut look old and fat. I eat crappy, don't exercise, and smoke. Yet I've only gained 5 lbs since my twenties. I don't bounce back as fast from 3 a.m. club shows, but I still manage to work at the shop 2 days a week play 2 shows a week and get my home chores done. I think it's all in your head. Both my parents are dead now, and I have played at least 5 benefits this year for families in need of help after a loved one died at my age and less. Yes my hips are going out, arthritis is getting to my hands now, and it takes me longer to recover from illnesses like the flu and such but other than that I still feel great. The body may be preparing to die but my head is refusing to cooperate.
