Anybody else having trouble with being alone?

[usonian]

69. Tell me all about it.

I am living alone at 74, and these days of bouts of wind and rainstorms, I ended up making home repairs when the rain let up, perched on an extension ladder with my tool belt.

Long story short, though I live in a spectacularly beautiful location, take thousands of great photographs, and get better at piano daily, it's my Buddhist discussion group that helps me and supports me, mostly via zoom these days, but since this still is a world of people, I need to be able to meet with friends on a 5 minute drive or walk, not a 50 mile trek through mountain roads, so I am planning to move.

A neighbor took part in a local orchestra, and got a ride the 12 miles or so to and from "downtown". Her driver was a bit erratic, which worried her. The next day, he had a stroke driving and plowed head-on to a big truck on the two-lane main road, killing himself, but fortunately, not the truck driver.

All that said, the group is both a safety net and encouragement to lead a happier life. More about this later/elsewhere on DU.