If you feel tired all the time and you’re over 60, it means you have “Anergia” which is a fancy name for the “old and tired” syndrome.

It could be that you are hiking six or seven miles every day or maybe you are training for a marathon. That would make you feel tired. But I’m talking about plain old lassitude. Just no get up and go.

You could have a hidden physical ailment that needs the attention of your doctor or maybe even a specialist. So you should be getting a thorough physical workup. Medical science is advancing faster than you can blink and there are new ways to make you feel better being invented every day.

You could be depressed too. There’s a lot of loss involved with growing old. We lose our hair color, goodness me, we lose our hair! We don’t have our job to go to any more, our friends move away, maybe someone we love dies. Lots of loss. Good reason to sit on the couch all day.

But I’m betting the problem really is that you have some bad habits. Maybe even your just plain lazy. You could be drinking more alcohol than you should, you probably aren’t eating right. Vitamins? I bet not. How about exercise? I think I’ve put my finger right on it.

So try this test. Take that fancy little cushion from the couch and put it on the floor. Take off your shoes (if you even put them on today) and try standing on that little cushion. Try it with just one foot. Bet you can’t. You need exercise. Get going, Buster!