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31 Days to Rock Your Life
Bring your own rocker
Life in the Slow Lane
Aren’t you afraid of being bored they said?
Aren’t you afraid of being laughed at or worse, ignored?
But really, I had never worried what others said in the past.
I know me and jumping in with both feet was my standard.
Sure, I might be shaking inside but you would not have known.
The one thing I did worry about was, I would lose my identification.
You know, I was what I did at my work.
I was very proud of this, but little did I know,
I would now be free to build any other ID I chose.
So … I entered this new lane.
Here I am on the downward side of my seventh decade.
Bored … Nah not gonna happen.
But there are some things I hadn’t thought of.
Somehow it seems to me that I am not as visible as I always was.
Unfortunately, it was not due to weight loss.
At the bank, I am treated as if I’m slightly dimwitted.
Polite young tellers that have none of the life experiences I have,
