# Witnessing your own mental decay

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**Created:** [August 12, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-your-own-mental-decay/988436 "2023-08-12T02:01:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-your-own-mental-decay/988436/1 "2023-08-12T02:01:20Z")

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past 50 here…

- retaining names was never my strong suit … but I am slowly moving into “embarrasing” territory
- I was always really good in “ballpark mental math” (e.g. getting pretty close to the actual result of 72% of 450 … I am still better than most, but by no means as sharp as 15 years ago
- my english is sliding, too (not my 1st language) … sometimes a need to pause a second for a “there or their” check, etc… party amplified by a certain change in “not giving many fuggs” about my spelling
- did I put the entry in my agenda or did I just _think_ about putting the entry into the agenda? … that kind of thing

It irks me, and being something of a selfcritical and introspective personality that I can really see myself “sliding” somewhat … mind you, its not rapid and day-and-night … but it saddens me to a certain degree.

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**so … how are YOU doing?**  
😉

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