Obviously, the only way to escape aging is to pass on to the "other world". So assuming that you are not reading this while comfortably seated in a recliner in the Happy Hunting Ground, let us have a discussion of aging and how it relates to the activity of prepping.

First, aging usually brings forth some diminished mental and physical abilities. Those past the age of say forty have probably noticed changes in eyesight and perhaps lessened strength and endurance. Balance and reflexes are probably not as keen as they were when we were teens or twenty-something.

Reminders

Let's face it; our memory is not as good as it was either. In the short-term, we may joke about it, but down deep we worry about the long-term effects of age-related dementia. This particular topic came to mind (pun intended) the other day when in one absent-minded episode I left the garden gate open and forgot to shut off the drip irrigation tube from a rain barrel.