Living to 100 is no longer a far fetched idea, it’s a real possibility.
- Walk a lot - best exercise ever!
- Eat your veggies - like mama said - and fruits, too!
- Avoid boredom. Do what it takes to ward it off.
- Keep moving. Yoga (if you’re into it), stretching and bending, working with light weights, etc.
- Keep up with what’s going on in the world. Your brain needs the exercise and you really don’t need to be regarded as a relic.
- Enjoy a glass of wine or other alcoholic drink every day.
- Dark chocolate is a marvelous panacea for growing older.
- Most people need people. So if you do, cultivate and keep your friends. You may outlive them but their friendship will have been priceless.
- Conversely, if you’ve been a loner all your life, take solace in things you’ve always loved, books, great music, your animals, nature, etc.
- Some in the younger generations will find you interesting and love to talk to you. Enjoy it!
- Don’t complain constantly about your ailments. Try to keep a sense of humor about the whole thing. It’s only age.
- Learn something new. Try studying Mandarin Chinese or something simpler like chess. Good for the brain.
- Digging in the garden is good for your psyche and also your agility. Puts you in touch with the earth - all that good dirt!
- Companionship - in all its aspects - being with another contributes to a long and happy life.
- If you are working and have no intention of retiring - don’t! Older workers are good workers. Gives one a sense of being needed and productive, and you’re doing something you enjoy.
- Hang onto that sense of optimism. You’ll make it!
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Joan
