Getting Old Sucks!!

I found this on Quora and it describes exactly how I feel!

Margaret Adam

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Computer Programmer/analyst (1980–present)14h

What causes older folks to withdraw into their own world at some stage of their life?

I'm 67 and I've noticed:

1. I'm reluctant to attend gatherings with lots of people.
1. It's exhausting.
2. I'm not prepared to put up with the inane, boring, repetitive, bitchy, noisy etc.
3. I still don't drink much so am not able to use alcohol to blunt things.
4. my hearing isn't what it was so conversations with background noise are a strain.
2. I don't like going out at night.
1. I have poor eyesight now and don't feel comfortable driving after dark.
2. I've generally run out of oomph by the evening.
3. I have fewer friends.
1. Some have died, some have moved away.
2. It's much, much harder to make new ones now. Particularly as most people my age are boring, mainly talking about their health and their grandchildren. Young people aren't really an option as we don't have a lot in common and they seem to make mountains out of molehills. I've been through booms and recessions, relationships starting and relationships ending, triumphs and tragedies, births and deaths, and have learnt that the world keeps turning and will keep turning when I'm no longer here so it's hard to get excited about, or even interested in, relationship crises or whatever the molehill du jour is.
4. I'm tired. Many older people don't sleep well.
5. My health is declining. In the past 12 months I've had a a strained Achilles tendon thats refusing to come right, a fractured pelvis, bursitis, a melanoma removed, toothache, shingles and gall stones. Each of these has limited what I can do.
6. I have less energy and stamina. A walk to the supermarket and a coffee on the way home might be all I can manage in a day.
7. I have a comfortable home. I have easy access to everything I need so don't really need to go out to find entertainment.