Usually, when one talks about an aged person, a fragile personality comes into the minds of the audience. However, this is not the case with my interviewee. He is in his early seventies, but he has kept his youthfulness and energy intact until now. I visited him in his office a few days back, and he runs a business of poultry in the local market. I planned the interview in detail, and I was hoping to touch his reading habits and preferences along other activities. I thought that elders find reading more soothing and I commenced the interview with the discussion of his personal details.
Afterwards, I probed him about his daily routine. He told me that he gets up by seven in the morning, and then he takes a shower immediately. By seven thirty, he takes a mild walk. After that, he eats his breakfast, and comes to office at nine. He does not have any immediate family living with him. He has a son who is studying at a law college, but the old man did not remember the name of the institution at the time of the interview. He is a regular Churchgoer, and has unshakable faith in God. He devotes sufficient time and money to help orphanages, and community welfare centers (Belsky, 2009)
He openly told me that he does not believe in reading. However, he is a fan of action, and he works in order to bring betterment in the society, and finally, I did what he love the most. He wants people to listen to him, but he has a moderate level of education, and therefore, he cannot get a professorship in the college so I gave him the chance to tell me about his experiences. I rate him as a healthy aging person who wants to remain alive until he has the last flicker of life in his body.
References
Belsky, J. (2009). Experiencing the Lifespan 2nd Ed. New York: Worth Publishers.
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