I am not quite sure of the question given your second sentence. Immunity and rewards????

Do you mean what activities we think one could do to improve/preserve one's health and well being?

If there were immunity challenges and reward challenges, what do you think they would be like?

Getting up from the ground . Knowing what day it is quickly. No talking about health issues. Managing without notes.

Learning a new cell phone app, replacing a hearing aid battery quickly, ordering off a menu in a dim restaurant without reading glasses and eating what was served, remembering family birth dates quickly and without hesitation.

A good challenge might be setting up a new TV with all the accoutrements. A reward might be a bottle of Ben Gay.

Wow, lots of good ideas! I like the reward of Ben Gay.

My suggestion is to Don't. Most seniors until they become much older than 65 would be insulted by this.

Sorry you feel that way maifleur01, but I’m in my 70’s and think it is just another fun thing to imagine.

Wow. This is a horrible idea! So many people aren't even fortunate enough to live to 65. :(

Build immunity in ourselves and as many others as we can to the false religion of "growth".

Not many centuries ago the population of the earth was about a billion, and within two or three centuries it doubled.

Now it's over 7 billion and heading for about 9 well before the end of the century, which this planet won't be able to sustain.

We need to work hard to stop the growth of population.

And to another false religion, promoted by advertising, that the more stuff we have, the happier we'll be.

Have you built a shrine in the most important corner of your home ..

... and hung a dollar there?

Enough rant - for now.

ole joyfuelled ... 25 year survivor

A good challenge might be setting up a new TV with all the accoutrements.

I did that this evening for an elderly man (94). I"m 68 and very grateful for being able to help him get connected just in time to watch Family Feud. :)

joyfulguy,

A sign in my grandson's kindergarten classroom says it all.

"Stuff won't make you happy"

Having lived without for a long time not having stuff will not make you happy either. Moderation is best.

My frugality is by choice rather than necessity, which is a whole different ball of wax.

I regret that you've had to cope with lacking the necessities, maifleur, and hope that you are more comfortable now and have that hope for the future.

I feel it necessary that we work toward there be a decent living for all - including the desperately poor in disadvantaged areas of the world.

My faith tells me that God loves them as much as me, and s/he challenges me to seek to emulate that concern.

ole joyful

maifleur, I'm sorry to hear about your past circumstances.

If you were to visit his school, his neighborhood and his house, you'd get a clear picture of why the sign is appropriate. Stuff won't make you happy.

Back to the topic.

Challenges- picking a 20' row of green beans in under an hour without missing half of them, digging a 20' row of potatoes, finding all the ripening tomatoes in the tomato jungle.

I am also one who doesn't find the humor in this. Im almost 65 and still active. DH is 71 and does more than me!

I think I would find this totally hilarious if I was still in my early 50's.

But that said, I do understand that many are fine with it, so I would just be one be scroll by.

I'm well over 65 and think the idea is funny. Stair climbing should be added. As well as hoisting 40 pound boxes of cat litter into and out of the grocery cart . (Two of my biggest challenges.)

Task: Setting up a receiver/antenna/microphone to speak with loved ones...after following a long list of instructions that could be interpreted several ways and given extra parts. Then the reward would be....oatmeal with flax seed and a bottle of aspirin.

Comfort items: 1) Fishing line, hooks & bait 2) 3 HUGE pillows to sleep on 3) Fleece blanket

Good Lord! Some people are easily offended. I am 72 but I still carry 50 lb sacks of feed every day and bales of hay and take care of all my horses and other animals, and last, buy not least, take care of my chronically ill husband. We have been doing a lot of driving, looking for a place to buy, and my challenge is getting out of the truck after driving 600 miles, and being able to walk. It takes me about 20 paces, but then I can straighten up. I also struggle with technology. I never did learn how to program a VCR and I couldn't hook up the DVD player to the tv... so my "disabilities" with those things go back decades.

There are plenty of things I probably wouldn't score well in a challenge, but as you age, you learn to "roll with the punches". You keep a good attitude...and like Watchme, a goal, and keep moving forward, even if it is a little slower than what you would like.

I did think of a challenge. Getting to the bathroom under a number of seconds. If not there penalty would be being sprayed with water.

Back to the original contest...( I am 70, and think this is fun! Learned a long time ago to laugh at myself)

the “laugh really hard without wetting your pants” challenge; the “remember where you parked your car at the mall” contest, and the “why did I walk into this room?” challenge.

3 comfort items- a dog, a coffee mug and a lightweight down blanket

65 here with bad knees but everything else is in decent condition.

Good quality TP.

Hiking sticks for uneven ground.

A small portable grill (for the backpack that would be part of this) that could use charcoal or native wood for cooking up just about anything I'd find.

Being as I'm getting seriously into homesteading, I'm fine with this post and the answers here. I'd also bring along a laying chicken or two...

Thing is, I thought I'd be done with at age 50. Every new day continues to surprise me - mostly pleasantly!

How about walking out of a room that you went in to do something and you actually did that something and not 2 other things instead? How about going to the store for one thing and not having to write a list? Or being able to open a jar, box, package or anything without the use of a pair of scissors, pliers, razor knife, etc.? Not having to ask the Grand-kids to "please enunciate" when they talk or just saying "huh?" a million times. To be able to watch your younger family members (and everyone else in the universe for that matter) stare into some kind of a device 24/7 without saying something about it or at least sighing and rolling your eyes.

Rita, your challenge suits me to a t! I can't get up from the floor easily, I can't remember my kiddos' names and the list goes on and on. LOL I will be 69 on Monday and get plenty of daily physical and mental exercise - if I didn't, I shudder to think how bad it would be. Yep - let there be a game of not saying 'what' out of habit - I hear fine, but the habit still is there because my kids all talk with cotton in their mouths. How about a challenge among we seniors to see who can set up a VCR or other piece of technology the fastest - I have two VCR's - can't work either of them. Yes, my son set it up, wrote down the steps to use it, but I still can't figure it out - LOL!