Doing just the same thing, for slightly different reasons, LH. I've scrapped my old 2" neck guitar and turned to a one-and-three-quarter-inch-neck dreadnaught. I need more precise placement of the fingertips , the guitar being much more responsive than the old one.
And yes, my fingers are getting stiffer, too. The last finger-joint won't take the angles of yore. I've been playing half-heartedly for the same sort of period.

I used to be able to remember the words much more easily, too.