Feeling uninspired today, I am going back to the office I left exactly one year ago today. Hoping to find most of the people still there and hoping they will remember me. This is a picture of Harry from last evening on my lap. We are getting along fine. His pooping schedule continues to be a daily mystery. Every time it is figured out, he changes it, very frustrating some times.
Had the discussion yesterday about male isolation in older years. It is truly damaging to the the aging male population. We do not reach out to form and continue relationships. Interactions are missing an you spend too much time being alone and feeling alone. It seems that women in the same age bracket are happy to be grandmas and mothers and completely use their time for this purpose. Men, not so much. Your life and purpose of life has changed drastically. In traditional models, men spend at least 50 years being the primary income earners for their family and when that stops, you can fall off a cliff. Wives move into the grandma role and you don't know what role to move into. Many men simply isolate them selves and almost never look to interact with men in their similar circumstances.
This seems to me to be the problem. Life has changed. It is not going to be the way it was. Really it is damaging to sit around trying to figure what you are going to do next. Call an old friend for coffee or lunch. I did a few of these and it was good to reconnect on a one to one basis. Social media is not the answer. It is a noncommittal way to say things to people with no visual feedback, really not enough.
all for now
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