Please keep your hands busy and you won't have time to dread the future. At 21 years of age and recovering from a serious illness my Dr told me "If you take care of yourself you can live to be 80. I thought "doesn't he realize that will be the next century?"
I am well past that and hoping for a few more years and many projects to finish. This time of our life is like the 'frosting on the cake' Enjoy and keep the quilting needles humming