I’m almost 70. Spent my life in corner offices, running things. People said I was sharp. Knew how to cut to the core of an issue, make the hard calls. Always ahead of the curve. Now... I don't know. The other day, I was looking at something for hours, just staring at it. Had to read it three times to even grasp the gist. And then I forgot it. Like, completely gone from my head an hour later. It’s terrifying. I used to be able to hold entire campaigns in my head, details, numbers, everything. Now I feel... dull. Like a pencil that's been used down to the eraser. It's been building, I think. For a while now. Caring for someone... it takes its toll. Every single day, every single hour, it's about them. Their needs. Their schedule. Their everything. You lose yourself in it. Or maybe I did. I wonder if that's what's happening now. Is it just that my brain is so full of medication schedules and appointments and what they need for dinner that there's no room for anything else? Or is it something worse? Something irreversible? Am I the only one who feels this way? This creeping dread that the person you always were, the one who could conquer anything, is just... fading? Like a picture left in the sun too long. The competitive edge, the quick wit, the ability to command a room... all of it, just dissolving. I look at reports now and feel this wave of blankness. Fear, really. The thought of someone seeing it. Seeing *me* like this. It’s more than just getting old. It’s losing something vital. And I don’t know how to get it back. Or if I even can.