In my teens to early 20s. I often found myself sleeping on the hard surfaces. A tent outside, a sleeping bag outside, or a friend’s bedroom floor. You know, just wherever I was.
When I was in my mid 30s I was in the process of moving and was selling my furniture and bed.
Long story short. I had no sofa or bed for 3 days leading up to the move. I had to sleep on a hardwood floor.
It was unbelievably rough. Like. I could not believe that sleeping on a few blankets on the floor could be that awful.
Hadn’t I done this dozens of times not that long ago?
Wasn’t I fatter now; So in theory, there was more cushion?
And since I was in the process of packing and moving from a 2nd story apartment. I was pretty sore all of those days. And then had to sleep on a hardwood floor.
I’ve also since bought an air mattress for this last time I moved so I didnt have to sleep on the floor. Cause f that.
I don’t know what age you get to where it’s no longer possible to sleep on hard surfaces.
But a warning to those of you in your mid 20s. That day is coming.
It actually isn’t, most of the cells you had when you went to that music festival have died and been replaced.
My cells dying without me is a betrayal of the highest order
It’s the body of Thesius, my friend.
Am I getting my parts from Ea-Nasir
Should’ve exercised your right to first refusal mate.
I’m in my late 30’s and about a year ago I did a 5-day festival. Some people need to take better care of themselves. I don’t raise the bar very high.
I’m in my late 30s and I run all the time, I’m in great shape, but I don’t even like going out to shows that start at 11 anymore, because I want to be at home before 11, and preferably even earlier. I don’t think it’s entirely to do with taking care of yourself, older body is just old, and I just know I will feel the pain a lot more, and that the reward just isn’t what it was when the expense is high.
I’m 69, and going to 2 SRO club gigs tonight and tomorrow night. My 70 year old buddy might have to bail due to a death in the family, but very, very few of my peers can stand for 3 hours!
So I’ve run out of replacement candidates!
This is one of the many things ‘they’ never warn you about as you plan your retirement, expecting to be globetrotting.I’m 69
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Met a couple in their 60’s backpacking the AT. They absolutely cooked the rest of us. It was inspiring. If you use it, you keep it.
I work from home now and only visit the office (voluntarily) once a week to socialize. I’m so exhausted when I get home. I sometimes wonder how I managed to do that five times a week commuting more than an hour each way and still do extracurricular activities after work for 10+ years when I was younger.
commuting more than an hour each way
i think the negative effects of spending 10 hours a week and 40 hours a month sitting in the car are a lot more damaging than people want to believe
The 200+ hours a month sitting at a desk, in front of the tv, or doom scrolling, are probably far more damaging than the 40 hours in traffic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill
A little of the above and a lot of not wanting to starve to death.
My lifestyle wrote checks that my body can’t pay.
I’m in my late 30s. This year I’m skipping the music festival I attended every year for 20 years. I just don’t have the strength anymore.
I’ve never been to a music festival. It’s always been too expensive. But, having been other places, I can’t imagine what could possibly be so tiring about it unless you just aren’t taking care of yourself.
unless you just aren’t taking care of yourself.
I think frankly, the tiring parts of music festivals for many people would very squarely fall into this category
It probably depends on the music festival you’re going to but there was one I used to go to every year
It was 3 or 4 days of day-drinking, eating like crap, staying up late, being outside in the sun on probably one of the hottest weeks of the year while probably not drinking enough water, and sleeping in tents on the ground.
And depending on how the festival is laid out, walking around the grounds from one stage to another, to different vendors and food stands, to your campsite and back, etc. can add up pretty quickly. The one I went to was pretty small and compact, but I still probably managed around 5-10 miles a day walking around, and you may be hauling around camp chairs, blankets, and coolers with you for a lot of that. And I’m not saying that that’s a lot of walking, personally I can do that pretty easily, but it’s more than a lot of people normally do.
3 or 4 days of day-drinking, eating like crap, staying up late, being outside in the sun on probably one of the hottest weeks of the year while probably not drinking enough water
That’s pretty much what I figured was happening. Dehydration is no joke.
It could be with good nutrition, regular exercise, and daily stretching.
But I get it. That is unironically a fair bit of work as one ages.
