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Dr. Tanya, over at Salted Caramel, has this prompt called “5 Things,” where she asks us to list five things about a particular topic. For this week’s topic, she wants us to share 5 things/reasons why we feel younger than our actual age.

I was going to skip this week’s 5 Things prompt because I am not feeling younger than my actual age these days. In fact, I’m feeling very much like a decrepit old man. But then I decided to write yet another whiney, feeling-sorry-for-myself post.

Before I stupidly climbed up a ladder in January to clean my gutters, I would have responded very differently to Dr. Tanya’s question. I definitely wasn’t feeling my age. Sure, I had some chronic maladies, but they were more annoyances or inconveniences than debilitating, age-related conditions.

But six months ago, I fell off that damn ladder. I fractured my left hip and broke the humerus in my right arm at the shoulder. I had to have emergency hip replacement surgery and have been undergoing intensive physical therapy for both my hip and my shoulder since February.

It’s almost six months later and I still need a cane to walk and it’s not without pain. And I still have a limited range of motion in my right shoulder.

So until I’m back to pain-free walking without a cane and have a full range of motion in my right arm and shoulder, I’m not likely to feel younger than my age, which I did just six months ago.

FPQ Welcome once again to Fandango’s Provocative Question. Each week I will pose what I think is a provocative question for your consideration.

By provocative, I don’t mean a question that will cause annoyance or anger. Nor do I mean a question intended to arouse sexual desire or interest.

What I do mean is a question that is likely to get you to think, to be creative, and to provoke a response. Hopefully a positive response.

You’re probably familiar with the old expression, “You’re only as old as you feel.” Or maybe you’ve been told by someone at some point to “act your age.” Or perhaps you, yourself, when asked your age, have said, “Age is just a number.”

Well, that brings me to this week’s provocative question(s).

How old are you* and how old do you feel — older or younger than your actual chronological age? Do you generally act your age? And what does “acting your age” mean to you?

*If you’re uncomfortable revealing your actual age, maybe you can just say something like, “I’m in my twenties.” Or fifties. Or “I’m a senior citizen.”

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