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What worries you about getting older?Originally asked
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Having regrets.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2023 source ↗
Being alone and other people getting busier with families and life.
Losing the ability to get about.
Getting older doesn’t scare me.
I go in every day to the office. I don't accomplish hardly anything. I mean, in terms of – it just takes me way longer to do things. And Greg is so good. It was kind of embarrassing how good he is, because he has covered – you know, we've got about 200 businesses within Berkshire, you know, that came about, and I can't name the manager's names or their wives names, or – and I haven't seen them, you know, in a long time. It's easier just to write the letter once a year and kind of do my own thing. Greg covers more ground in a day than I would in a week, even when I was at my peak, let alone my present condition.
I would tell myself to stop being such a worrier.
Selfless and open, freeing.
Sensitive, kind, silly.
I quite enjoyed all my retail jobs (I worked in H&M and Gap), but the worst times were the sale periods. The summer sales – awful.
Thinking about all the children that are affected by all the wars that are going on right now.
Cruelty to animals or children.
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