Iva Ursano

4 days ago | ivaursano.medium.com | Iva Ursano

Personal|Humor|AgingAging is awkward, weird and uncomfortableDear Diary,This is weird and depressing. I can’t believe I’m this many years old now, where ‘old guys’ are hitting on me. Just a few short years ago, guys in their 30s were still eyeballing me. Those days are long gone. I’m old now. How did this happen? I don’t know who to talk to about this, so I’m writing to you, my trusted confidante. A celebration of lifeA few weeks ago, a woman in our town died; she was in her 70s. Most everyone knew her.

1 week ago | ivaursano.medium.com | Iva Ursano

Health|LifeCan you guess which addiction was harder to quit? The day was February 24th, 2025. I’m not sure what I was thinking. It could be that I was bored and looking for a little bit of excitement in my life, and what better way to add some fun than to do a challenge. And that’s what I did. With my YouTube peeps. A 30-day no-sugar challenge. But if that wasn’t enough, I thought, well, why not quit smoking too? I mean, you live alone, so no risk of killing anyone.

3 weeks ago | ivaursano.medium.com | Iva Ursano

It’s good to know the difference between ‘just a silly blip’ and ‘is my brain tapping out’. At least once a day, I walk into a room with a purpose, stop, stare at the wall blankly and ask myself, “Wait… what the hell did I come in here for?” Then I panic for 2.5 seconds. Is this how it starts? The D word. Dementia. Brain Fog. Brain Mush. And then there are those times when I look at my scooter and make sure I remember what all the buttons do.

1 month ago | ivaursano.medium.com | Iva Ursano

Humor|AgingBut I’m laughing anyway. 60 came fast. I sometimes look in the mirror and think, ‘when the hell did this happen?’ The first year in my 60s, I was depressed. I’m not gonna lie. I didn’t recognize the woman staring back at me in the mirror, nor did I recognize my body. And I didn’t like any of it. I wanted the hot, youthful Iva back — the woman who turned heads when she walked into a room and was full of joy and sunshine every day. I wanted her back.

2 months ago | ivaursano.medium.com | Iva Ursano

Not gonna lie, it was weird and wonderfulWhen AI started to become popular, I was a little concerned for the future of blogging and my livelihood. Is this going to replace the human-written word? I hated it and cursed it, as did many bloggers around the world. Google was now offering up AI answers to queries and leaving bloggers in the dust. Many bloggers lost traffic, lost earnings, threw in the towel and sold their websites. Not this girl. I’m not going down without a fight.