Ok, so we have the thread for the young’uns.
What advice do dopers older than me have? I’m mid-40’s and all ears.
If you are all ears, you should probably date Ferengi women.
If you drop something in the floor, wait until you have an excuse to be down there before you go to the trouble of bending down to pick it up. You could wait until you drop several things. 
Practicing yoga on a regular basis will help prevent stiffness.
If you feel sleepy in the middle of the day, go ahead and take a nap. You might need it. 
If you have the urge to do so exercise, lie down on the sofa for a while. The urge will soon pass.
(From the other thread)
Spend time with your parents while you can. The world is a whole new place once they’re gone.
(I’m only 39 myself. This is something that was said to me by an older gent that stuck with me.)
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.
Regards,
Shodan
Picking a date 20 years older than yourself and talking about of course they have this problem they’re over this age eventual bites you in the ass, because you reach that age and need to make that age 20 years older again. You then remember you passed that milestone age on multiple occasions.
Never sit down on the floor for anything even if it is just to fix something real quick. It will take forever to get back up, if at all.
Buy reading glasses in bulk from your favorite drugstore or discount department store. Sprinkle them around your home and office.
I read that five times and have no idea what you’re talking about. Can you reword that to make more sense please?
Noted and logged.
Do you take classes?
You pick an age 10 or 20 years older than you are. You talk about people that are older than that and say of course they’re past that age. You pass that age and pick a new cut off age. Eventually you have passed multiple cut off ages.
Cut-off ages for what?
I’m 56 and both my parents passed two years ago.
I had spent lots of time with them and am incredibly grateful for that.
I would also make pension arrangements.
At a job interview (aged 20) I was asked if I had any questions. “What is the pension like?”
The interviewer said that was a great question! He also explained how good the pension was. I’m now retired on that pension. 
If you have to carry your laundry in a basket down into the basement to wash and dry it, I seriously suggest you put the laundry in a big old laundry BAG and just kick it down however many flights of stairs is necessary.
Invest in better lighting in your house, especially where you read. And keep a good magnifying glass in a place where you can find it. I keep mine in a drawer with ‘the good scissors’.
Yes to the yoga, keeps you flexible. There are yoga classes offered everywhere, and you can buy (or reserve at the library) DVDs from beginners to advanced.
Sorry are all these replies just whooshes? I said middle-aged, not decrepit. I run 5 miles a day, am in perfect health, no problems with eyes, vision, joints, memory, etc etc etc. “Don’t ever sit on the floor, you might not get up ever”? 
Huh?
Sorry, maybe I’m just a bit cranky, but except for the one about spending time with parents, all those replies actually made me feel old. 
I guess I was hoping for things like, “travel at every opportunity”. “Join the peace corps for a year”, etc etc.
If you’re having no problems with your eyes, you’re probably under 45. Presbyopia is pretty well guaranteed to set in by 50.
Why? It’s well-established that exercise and moderate weight-lifting type things are important for the body as one gets older. Carrying 30 pounds of laundry up and down the stairs is a FREE and EASY way to help keep muscles toned.
Should I also park as close as possible to the grocery store so I don’t have to walk a single step more than necessary? :rolleyes:
Yanno, a lot of people get crankier as they hit middle age; they’ll have a hard time accepting things that people say with equanimity, etc.
I’m late 40’s, and no I have no eye problems. Guess I’m lucky.
For being “old people”, and therefore behaving in that weird way that oldsters do.