At age 75, and after near-60-years of playing, I'm relieved and thankful to be among the luckier ones as far as health/age-related issues go; hearing still ok, albeit with some high-frequency loss, fingers still work, tho a tad less dextrously than they used to - I play 00-sized acoustics & resonators for ergonomics, & weekly jams are good for incentive to stay up to the mark.
Keeping the weight down + daily dog-walking help to keep me feeling ok for my years, & I think pure luck also plays a big part ( I've lost a lot of pals over the years who should have made it but didn't ) - my late mother had very much a glass-half-full positive attitude to life, which I seem to have inherited, and which I believe is very important - & when the fingers finally fail, lap steel awaits!
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