It’s always a good idea to stay on the lookout for ways to increase the possibilities in your life. Possibility is anything that provides you with a chance to change your circumstances for the better. Unless your crystal ball is working better than mine, we can never predict the ways that life will present new […]
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Some Kind of Wonderful
As we age, we often tell each other, “You’re looking good….” with the subtext being… “for your age.” I propose we all start changing the phrase to: “You’re looking wonderful.” After all, “wonderful” is an adjective describing something that arouses “wonder.” Don’t other people regularly arouse wonder in you? I wonder what people are thinking? […]
Stepping Out to Find New Comfort Zones
So much of our lives are routine-oriented. The “patterns” including all that’s involved in raising children, working and other responsibilities typically have us set in pattern-mode. Psychologists believe that patterns tend to minimize stress. Now, I don’t think anyone is claiming that kids or work are stressless—but rather knowing there’s a routine to the day […]
Who’s Your Personal Authority Figure?
It appears that a big benefit of aging is that it tends to make us our own personal authority figures. A general theme loaded with wisdom that is coming to the forefront from many thousands of comments on the Silver Disobedience™ blog and related social media pages is this: Gone are the days we were […]
The Importance of Positive Self-Perceptions and Aging
Did you know that positive self-perceptions about aging can increase longevity? A study of 660 people age 50+ found that older individuals who perceived aging positively lived 7.5 years longer than those with less positive self-perceptions about age. The advantage remained after age, gender, socioeconomic status, loneliness and functional heath were included as predictive variables. […]
Does Creativity Decline with Age?
Does creativity decline with age? An internet search on the topic pulls up a variety of articles comparing adolescents to those potentially in their grandparenting years—and for the majority, the articles conclude that creativity declines with age. My very un-clinical, yet highly observational, inter-human research completely contradicts and refutes this anti-aging “research.” To the contrary […]
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