Most definitely stuck in my ways and always been that way. I am Me no matter who im around

Changes have been happening since the beginning of the universe.And changes will keep on happening forever. There is absolutely nothing that we can do about it. So, go along with the changes and make the best of it.

my hubby is old school, doesn't like change.

Old school is cool. Technology is great, until it puts you out of a job. Or you can't afford to fund your cell phone or your internet and you have to rely on your brain to actually do things.

Years back it was stated Death & taxes & recently change was added

In every generation there will be those that say, ‘I remember the good, old days.’ I wonder what future generations will classify as the good, old days?

only thing in life that's certain, IS change & death...u cannot escape either.....so u must be prepared for both...

Angie, I agree with a lot of what you have said. I don't like living in this changing world. It's full of corruption and greed. In my younger years there was so much more to look forward to the next day, Now there's nothing good to look forward to anymore.

For me it totally depends on what the changes are. Advances in medical technology and medicines are incredible and I absolutely embrace. Although in saying that, I think corporate greed is abhorrent (when life-saving cancer drugs are unaffordable for so many) but I guess that depends on what country you live in... government funding on most of these medications is not available in NZ! This business of everything being 'smart' i find frustrating and not at all user friendly to many seniors. But I do see some are adapting :) Growing up 50 years ago there was very little crime, hate, greed - profit over people and materialistic obsession in little old NZ. But now, every day I hear of child abuse, murder, violent crime, animal abuse, hate speech, inequality... need I go on. But what gets me is this is all as a result of our changing world. People don't care for each other, don't care for the future of our planet and are just so damned selfish! My Poppa raised us kids to be kind! He never ever had a bad word to say about anyone... now, the world is full haters. What happened to 'If you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say anything at all!?' Anyway, i'm getting off topic. I just don't like this change that's happening currently around the world with society and it's only getting worse. Enough said Sorry for ranting on Peace

I actually don't like change that's why I wear the same pair of undies everyday.

I am happy to try to change and stay up with what is happening; however, my big clumsy fingers stop me from using my phone for many of the new innovations as I could just see myself losing quite a bit of money if I tried to use my phone for banking purposes. Happy to use the computer though.

Some change is good, but very much of it is just plain stupid and ridiculous. Such as certain groups thinking they should have the same as the rest of us, when nothing could be further from the truth.

"Change" is too wide a category. Some changes are good, some changes are bad, and some are just ridiculously silly.

I really like change. It's a way of moving forward. Becoming more. The way I cope with change is by trying to look at what fears hold me back. Are they imagined,real and the implications of not making my own decisions. Also I try to look at obstacles as opportunity. Not ever opportunity may present itself in rhe form we want. But one choice leads to another and as you move forward as long as you are true to yourself and and thankful for what what you have ,rather than what you don't have you can have some happiness and inner peace.

At my age I think it's too tough to turn my back on what has been years of education and work and living generally, what changes? Can you explain in what fields these miracles will occur?

Why would you want to go with what doesn't work? That's the thing that gets me. I have had people accuse me of 'being stuck in old ways'. I personally think that's a load of old rubbish. Seems to me usually when people say that they have an agenda or an axe to grind. I don't hate myself, and I am going to kowtow to the opinion of the few (obviously carefully crafted misrepresentation of reality) so that I have to suffer in the name of people pleasing. That's madness. Anyone who expects that expects too much. Change is going to happen whether we like it or not. We do have to go with the flow in that sense, but if I have a choice I am not going to do something I think is wrong just because it represents change. If people want to fearmonger and say 'Oooh you will be left behind, I would question their motives too. Edited 30-Oct-23 17:11pm

Definitely need change! Change for the better

If you don't change with the times and choose to be stuck in your old ways, you are bound to be left behind.

I'm all for change that is of benefit but I don't like change for change sake. It's ridiculous and helps no-one.

I'm both I guess. If it makes my life easier I'm more likely to be receptive but I also like things to stay the same.

I'm happy with things as they are. To old to care

In my years (86) I have accepted many changes & can accept whatever is necessary

I am happy with the status Quo.

Many people I run into reject Science while maintaining that their computers and Smart Phones are not the products of Science. Makes me wonder how their belief systems actually function.

Change will happen like it or not, but we can take what we want out of it and ignore the rest.

Change is here to stay. We all change every day. Might not like it , but we still change.

Love change as long as does not take people out of work. Make it better for people not worse . Not changers to make war . To help the rich get richer.

Yes the world is certainly changing. Some changes are for the better - some are not. Some changes I am happy to accept but I think we should be very careful not to end up like sheep following the crowd because others are doing it. For example - it appears to be old fashioned to stick to honesty. Many times I hear people say - oh everyone lies a bit these days. DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN I SAY. Don't end up a sheep.

The world is always changing sometimes for good and sometimes for bad

I try to just go with the flow and learn as much as I can. I don't necessarily like all the changes but what can you do!

It's scary especially as we age, we live rural and are already finding it hard to do things around the property, especially heavy or high work, but husband can't think about living in town with all those issues you hear and see on the news with crime, etc, having so much peace and quiet and no crime, seeing lots of native animals and having acres of room between yourself and your neighbours, makes it hard to think about moving to town, but you know it's got to happen sometime. So scary but.

I talked to a 100 + year old recently and she has seen change like we would not believe. I'm old and in some respects am glad i wont have to live thru all this ne change. I do feel for the younger generations they navigate their way thru life

Don't have much of a problem with it. I love learning new things so I guess that helps.

So much has changed in my life time. Some of it good some of it not so good. I do what I can for future generations so that they can live a good life. Unfortunately the powers to be and technology giants don't always plan for the future.

I guess as we get older we don't want so much change in our lives. We live a basic life but we do have some modern things like a TV with a sound bar. (still in its box as we haven't put it up yet.) Waiting for a wall mount bracket for it. Want an EV but will have to wait until we can save up for that one as they are so expensive. We fear dementia may come a long one day and we will forget what we know, who we know, even foods we like. I think that is scary and so many people we know have had it. Could technology help with dementia patients? Is technology the cause of some of these health issues? Why are so many people suffering with dementia? It is some thing I do worry about I must say and only time will tell who gets it next, hopefully further down the track and later in life. We never know.

We are all living in times of very big change with WW3 and peak oil, things are not going to be the same in the future but we can't decide wether it is better or worse, life is life and all you can do is live it. Same things that have happened in the past, when they where in the future someone could have wished they never happened, but now it is to late. is it all just fate.

I am 71, and I have seen more change that a lot of people. I am not happy with most of it. The evils that plague our world are all caused by money which leads to power and to greed which leads to horrible underground and above ground atrocities! If it were up to me, everyone would have the same amount of assets and the love money would not exist. When I was a child, everyone we knew was poor. No one cared what we had or didn't have. We were always in close touch with neighbors, friends and relatives. We shared and shared alike. We exchanged what goods we had and didn't keep track of who gave whom what. It never mattered. We were concerned with keeping ourselves fed and healthy and the bills paid. Sometimes the bills wren't paid, but we had good credit and could be trusted to repay when things became better, and they always did. It was up and down, and my parents never talked about finances to us. All we knew was love and good homemade cooking with fresh ingredients from our neighbors garden and our own meat and eggs. We gave them eggs and chickens for garden vegetables or anything else that anyone had more than enough of. We are going to be forced into that again, I have no doubt. However, people don't know how to be poor. Look at all the cell phones and electronics everyone has! Technology has been forced upon us, and I fear it has evil intentions. We are tracked everywhere we do and everything we do. I only have a cell phone with me when I'm driving in case something happens. My car is old and slowly falling apart. I don't care what it looks like as long as I can depend on it. I don't what brand is on the pants on my butt or what logo is on my purse. If I had to carry a paper bag for a purse, I would! We are so materialistic that it makes me sad. Do people go to church with their children or would they be too worried about that to wear? The breakup of families and women having careers has ruined the family unit. Children are suffering because of it. Instead of thinking that both parents won't them, they are thinking that neither want them, and they are to blame for the problems of the parents. To make up for the time away from their children, they buy them what they want. I heard a 14-year-old girl say that. She said Dad will buy me what I want, and all I want is to spend time with him. However, Dad works late hours seven days a week. This is too typical in my opinion. I have not had children, but I have seen a lot of situations. Mothers and fathers are on drugs, having one kid after another, and fighting with the grandparents for custody which should never happen. Children have seen things that I have yet to see and hope to never see! They are forced to leave their childhood long before they are ready and spend time in counseling and being shuttled from parent to parent. My parents had problems, but love us more than they loved the idea of being divorced. They worked together as a team on the farm with no time for affairs and too tired at night to even go up to bed. We are in for a big wake up which will be for the best, but will be hell for a lot of people who can't cope. Shootings are on the rise, and it's only the beginning. We all need to love ourselves and everyone else. Nothing else matters. When you get old, you have no love for any of the things you've accumulated in your life. God Bless us all! There is hope which lies in loving and coming together. I feel that is what God is trying to teach us. Open your eyes, your heart and don't just see, but look closely at what is important. Don't worry about crap that you will have forgotten tomorrow. Laugh a lot and love one another. It's not secret. Life can be better if you treat each other with respect. Practice what God has taught us! It's that simple, people. Take it from someone who has been through a lot. I've survived cancer, two divorces, no children and loss of my whole family. I am still happy because I love myself, everyone else and surround myself with wonderful people. If they are toxic, I disassociate myself from them for my own good. I still love them, but don't need the drama. Need any more advice? LOL I don't have all the answers, and I know life is extremely difficult at times. Love to you all!

"Smart technology" isn't! It's just marketings way of answering the question: What do you do when everyone who wants one has one?

I do not like that everything is becoming smart things, my car " I'll keep my old car with the regular radio and gas powered. Smart homes "I think are just making people lazy. Even people don't talk anymore, like we all use to.i like human interaction, not this text me stuff. I'm 47 yes old and I can remember being a teenager and talking to friends from the phone on the wall. Or just going and hanging out with people. Now people hang out and they aren't even talking because their eyes are on their phones.

I think there is to much change for changes sake with no real improvement

I'm not afraid of change but I do see the traditional values going by the wayside which I feel is not a good thing.

I am old school (75) and too much change. I get by with it but everyday something pops up. Now every home has to be a smart one. Even cars are into it.where it goes next is unknown

Not afraid to change anything in my life

Change is rarely as bad as we imagine it. Not saying it's always good obviously. It will all continue one way or another regardless. Edited 30-Oct-23 10:41am

Not fear. Just prefer most things as they are. A few changes but only if I think it will improve things for me. Looking back to 50s/60s a lot has changed and I've had to adapt but basics are still there. Respect, honesty, etc.

Artificial intelligence is scary,loss of privacy,loss of jobs....too much technology is no good for my brain. I prefer to interact with people in person or just call them. How will the future be....who knows? Wars and hate are dominant now and it will most probably get worse in years to come.

Tomorrow never comes and today will be yesterday

Honsesty, Compassion, Decency, Principles, Fairness have all gone out the door and been replaced with GREED, Corruption, Dishonesty, Betrayal, Lying has become the norm. From the very top levels down to the lowest in society all this is now the accepted behaviour. Those at the lower end see how those at the top behave and, with justificiation, think "Well, if it is good enough for them to behave this way it is good enough for us too." Company bosses grant themselves multi-million dollar bonuse for simply do the job they are already being paid exceptionally well to do but it isn't enough and at the same time they say they cannot afford to give their employees a small Pay Rise, a Pay Rise which would probably be fully covered by that multi-million dollar bonus.Polticians lie as and when it suits them, they think they have a Right to live a life Free of Charge and at the same time get paid huge salaries with tens of thousands extra for sitting on some Parliamentary Committee which may only meet once a year. They grant themselves unlimited Free Travel, Free Accommodation, Free Food when they conveniently arrange for themselves to visit the Fleshpots of the World supposedly to attend some Conference most of which acheive Nothing. Now they want to introduce Artificial intelligence system which will decide everything and that probably includes when it thinks we should die!

i prefer my old world where honesty and principle had meaning, i have had 2 banks restrict my account because they do not have my mobile number. i change banks because i refuse to buy a mobile phone to please the banks

1 the past will not be improved in the present or the future

I have no idea. I am a creature of habit. I go to restaurants and look at the menu. I always order the same thing. Change is hard

They probably said the same thing a 100 years ago and will say the same thing in another 100 years, if nothing ever changed we would stay in a time zone that never progressed.

i am stuck in the old ways and proud to say so, all these kids that have done courses and have no experience are taught by the old ways that's where you get experience from by doing it

I found Covid pushed me to explore new ways of being connected and they have made my life fuller.

Amen Beverley

I love both ways the new and old ones as well

Through trial a error I findand adapt a balace between old and new

There is a proven adage. In Technical/medical/etc fields IF IT IS NOT BROKE DONT FIX IT. A lot of the changes are not for our benefit, but to fill the coffers of the rich. Humans dont have health, eg USA life expectancy is 70 the third-highest cause of death is CORRECTLY prescribed medication. Technology and advancement is destroying human life. I don't partake, We are lucky we are in rural areas and change is the last thing we get. THANK GOD. Because the way man is going they are self-destructing.

Things are changing so fast. I wish technology. Would slow down. I have a computer and a Mobil. Phone. I know the basics of it all. I know some people that are well behind in time they have no computer no Mobile phone they have a land phone. Its people like them that are going to be lost. The land phone will be taken off of them soon because land phones are going to be shut down. I keep telling them they will have to catch up with time. But they just don't want to know.

To deal with change I pick what I can handle. I lobby for what I see and feel is positive change that will benefit Earth as a whole and all on it. This is a very good discussion topic.

Change is part of life, from the beginning, either natural disasters and eventually mankind have greatly influenced our planet changes. In our everyday personal lives we are forever changing, it is the natural cycle of our lifetimes journey of growth. The secret is live your life with heart felt Love for all, and do what works for you, and ignore the rest…

I am happy to stay with what I know & have & to hell with all the new advances

What I know and what works is much better than people hating how you manage to cope without all their ear bashing bamboozoolment because they wan to leave "their mark", Treat everything like a road trip, The quickest way to get their is the way you already know and just because you may be late doesn't mean you got lost ... may have stopped to take in the wonders of nature and committed them to memory before it gets blotted out by towering ugly structures ... for indeed :"öld ways" were much calmer.

I can accept change if it is good for all. The change I can't accept is what is happening in New Zealand at the moment which favours one race only-we are no longer equal. Technology can be challenging especially as my brain doesn't work too well at remembering now :)

Leave things the way it is

Change has been occurring since the dawn of time. It is an inevitable part of evolution. If choose not to adapt you may miss out on the all the good things it brings. Obviously there are bad things like the constant bombardment on social media. For those that resist I leave you with this. Say you had a so called incurable cancer. Weeks to live but out of the laboratory comes a wonder drug that will cure you produced by a company that you find ethically abhorrent. It tests these drugs on animals and humans that are clinically brain dead. The drug is free what would you do.?

I think things are moving to fast and there are some that should not be changed like no cash money that is going to be so hard for a lot of people why use a card to buy a $4 thing or less I think that is crazy but they dont listen to the older people that just do what they want

There is an old saying... "If it ain't broke DON'T FIX IF"..., too often the new changes are a poor step backwards. But the other saying is .." The only enevirable is change"., EMBRACE IT. The positive change

Change seems to be a necessary evil but I prefer to stay the way I am

Everyone who prays the "Lord's Prayer" have been praying for change! At Matthew 6:10 we read, "Let your Kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth." We have been Praying for Jehovah God's Kingdom, through his son, Jesus Christ, to come to Earth! At Psalm 37:29 we read, "The righteous will possess the earth, and they will live forever on it." Jehovah's Witnesses are Praying for this change to take place! ;-D (Decided to add 2 more very profound scriptures: Isaiah 42:8 and Isaiah 65:17-25, Good Reads!). Edited 31-Oct-23 16:25pm

We are living through Evolution and revolution

i love change, life would be very boring without change,,,,

Change is nothing new - the world and everything in it has been in a constant cycle of change since it all began. Some people adapt and move forward, others resist and fall by the wayside. (an example of survival of the fittest) Personally, I embrace change that is positive, and reject that which is not. I do not have a mobile phone for this reason - it seems to me that people see having one as a sign of their importance, that they must be able to be contacted any place, any time. I am told that children particularly MUST have a mobile, for safety. If this is true, how did children of earlier times survive? And why do they need it to be internet capable? Could it be that mobile phone companies (and their ilk) are laughing all the way to the bank?

I try and keep my life as simple as I can and until recently, I used a tin can and a string for my phone. Then the telephone company that I use decided to get out of the business of providing phone lines and everything had to be updated too online. Some of those around me thought it was funny that I did not have modern technology. When I upgraded with my big toe entering the water first I discovered that those that already had the technology, they did not have a clue how to use what they had and wished me to get. I still do not have a cell phone. The problem, maybe a good thing, is that not having a cell phone means that other technology available requires the use of a cell phone to make it work. Even my new car requires a cell phone to make some of the technology that it has to work. I still cannot get my head around it. Oh, for the day of a tin can and a bit of string that does not get bugs and does not need to be constantly upgraded.

Have changed a lot. Retirement allows you to explore new things you never thought you would try.

Having to shift and change for my better spirit's been good so far. (I see the need to spend far more time in prayer, meditation and fasting). Technology comes in phases and getting more expensive over the last 2 decades, as if saving for retirement or health issues with age are old fashioned. Yet, I'm almost sure not to be swallowing it all- not even worth it to be constantly updating cars, phones, homes- expensive and foolish.....(our fore-parents built a house once, communicated in it and moved on quite okay). However, some changes in medical technologies, communication, transportation and financial choices have been kinda neat (like good toys sometimes), but I'm not participating in every single click and spin. Some things will just need to remain as given and too important to shift or change in my lifetime.

Some change is good but what is going in this country and around the world in education and law enforcement is not a good change in my opinion. Changing things needs to be completely thought out instead of let’s do it and see what happens. People are getting hurt so that reds to be fixed. Teaching our children that Americans a bad place, if that is true why are so many people trying to get here? Let’s give our children a hopeful future. We need talk to each other.

While we have changes with regards to technology I have slowly adapted though most of the technology items have radio active particles it will probably increase our chances of getting Cancer.

No problem with change, so long as it benefits people

I don't mind change but it must be for the better. More respect for equal rights, for personal rights, including the rights for a woman to have the final say in her reproduction decisions. Removing Mike Johnson from the Speakers chair is a change for the worst, not worse!

Do I live my life in fear of change and am I stuck in the old ways of dealing with life? NO WAY (being born a minority in an unenlightened country (USA)) - flexibility is weaved 'knee-deep' into my DNA aka a survival instinct (I got lucky - I was born a MINORITY)!Edited 30-Oct-23 06:11am

happy to stay a democracy and have had enough of trumps maggot shit for a life time

Each decade brings changes and we need to learn what we can before it gets to be a burden.

It depends on what the changes are. One has to ask oneself if it is for the detriment or betterment of mankind.

The world and people are always evolving. Sometimes it is for the better and other times not so much. Technology has bought about huge changes and quickly. I only use what I wish to use but of course the younger generations embrace it all. I do get frustrated at the push to go cashless, use your phone to do everything on line or on the phone etc. One cannot stay with what we know as that has all been hijacked by the tech companies something I think everyone will regret in the not too distance future. Social media is influencing our ideas, political views, religious views, what we should purchase, how to look physically, dress, wear our hair, makeup and the list goes on. I do not watch any of it but again so many are and believe everything they see and hear. I only use things I really have no choice but to and this thankfully at the moment is not that much. Edited 31-Oct-23 16:22pm

Cash is king. Still want to hold on to it. 🥳 For overseas trips, always have 💵. Imagine system not working. We all stuck, except if u have cash than u can walk out with the goodies. 😂

I am willing to change for the better, but on my time and with my choice of how and what.

change before someone changes you or tries to control your life

YES THIS IS SO TRUE I AM FROM THE OLD SCHOOL DO NOT LIKE CHANGE BUT THE WAY THE WORLD IS NOW HAVE TO CHANGE LIKE IT OR NOT