At 82, I’m surprised how long it takes me to get in gear each morning – to the point where breakfast and lunch often merge into a late brunch.

50 years ago, I found it was no big deal to get up at 5.30 a.m. to get to work by 7:00 so I could catch some of the inconsequential chat over coffee in the senior executive section of our office.

Now I have the privilege of sleeping until 9:00 a.m. if I have the “day off” from my “encore” work as substack.com writer-publisher. That also gives me the freedom to watch late-night TV shows.

* What task continues to give you satisfaction as you complete it, even though it consumes more time than it did in the past?