Alice H.
Well you know it's funny. I felt for a long time that I had shelved some of the things I really liked to do in order to work and raise kids. I wanted to get back to those things and I felt like I needed to do that sooner rather than later. Now I think I had a premonition. I felt this need to simplify my life.
Whether we've got Parkinson's or some other disease or we're perfectly healthy. We're all processing the end of our lives and a lot of this culture is around postponing or denying it, or trying to erase the effects of aging and not about experiencing it in a conscious honest way, and thinking, "Okay this is happening. What does it mean for the choices I'm making about how I live my life on a daily basis."
Parkinson’s is an opportunity to sort of access what's important and it’s an incentive to take care of business in terms of end of life planning, but more importantly to take care of business in terms of living. A key question is how am I going to spend my time. How do I think of myself, and what defines me and how big is Parkinson's in that picture?
I don't want to think of myself as a sick person.
At the same time it does change who I am, and requires that I live differently. But right now I feel like it's taking up too much time in my life. I want to be doing other things. I want to devote my time to my photographs or spending time with my kids or reading or just being with people.
Whether we've got Parkinson's or some other disease or we're perfectly healthy. We're all processing the end of our lives and a lot of this culture is around postponing or denying it, or trying to erase the effects of aging and not about experiencing it in a conscious honest way, and thinking, "Okay this is happening. What does it mean for the choices I'm making about how I live my life on a daily basis."
Parkinson’s is an opportunity to sort of access what's important and it’s an incentive to take care of business in terms of end of life planning, but more importantly to take care of business in terms of living. A key question is how am I going to spend my time. How do I think of myself, and what defines me and how big is Parkinson's in that picture?
I don't want to think of myself as a sick person.
At the same time it does change who I am, and requires that I live differently. But right now I feel like it's taking up too much time in my life. I want to be doing other things. I want to devote my time to my photographs or spending time with my kids or reading or just being with people.