The thing about older people

[TheKentuckian]

13. Speaking only for myself and being a somewhat younger

I'd say if I am being honest that I have definitely lost acuity and am relying on experience, knowledge, and hopefully at least on occasion wisdom to make up the difference.

I worry that the day will come when I cannot fully make up the difference.

I'm definitely less what I'd call sharp. Processing is longer and more prone to distraction.
Assimilating new information more difficult.
The mind not quite as voracious. Comprehension takes effort and concentration sometimes when it was like magic since I was very little.

I have said recently that if I was as sharp as I was when I was twenty and knew what I knew now then I'd be on to some things.

I've got a lot of data in the drive and a ton of RAM but it runs slower than the new stuff and the processor is no longer bleeding edge with the latest instruction sets.

I am not a jealous natured person but I truthfully am envious of no slippage, being conscious of my own is unsettling to a little scary.