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Is "Old Age" Just A Mindset?

5/31/2018

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   You run into people all the time whose chronological age makes them technically, “old age” but whose physical appearance, attitude, and posture make them seem decades younger than their birth certificate would indicate.
   On the other hand, you see people who are only 40 to 50 years old that already seem ready for retirement and senescence. 
   Many people are overlooking the power of the mind when it comes to the aging process.
​   Those who continue to lead active lives with many social contacts and intact relationships with loved ones often carry the mindset that they are still young. They participate in sports, go dancing, eat out, and enjoy their bodies long after others have given up.
   Attitude is everything when it comes to getting older. If you grew up in an era where “old age” happened when a person reached the age of 50 years, you will already feel you have arrived at old age upon your fiftieth birthday.
   You tend to turn down opportunities for physical and social activity, increase the times you are sedentary and stop challenging your cognitive mind. When this happens, you truly do lose what you don’t use and you physically and emotionally age much faster than those who maintain physical, cognitive, and social activities well into the age where many others feel just too old to participate in these activities. 
   How do you get into the mindset of feeling young again?
It’s probably never too late to do this. You first need to recognize that age is just a number and that there are people much older than you who are doing things you may consider “too old” for them without difficulty. Look at people who seem and look younger than their years would otherwise say.

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How satisfied do you feel with your life?

5/31/2018

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   Are You Satisfied With Your Life Or Do You Long For More? There's a fairly good chance that your answer will depend on when you are asked.
​   You may feel incredibly content at some points, but there are days where you feel so low you wish you could change everything.
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   You will probably find that your answer is content when you have been engaging in an activity that you enjoy or you have just enjoyed a delicious meal, a great time with friends, or something of a similar happiness boost. We tend to savor those types of feelings simply because we are unsettled and restless as a whole. We tend to long for something in life that perhaps we just can't seem to grasp.
   Satisfaction is simply being happy with your life. It doesn't just exist in a moment, rather it encompasses your past, present, future, and when you look at the big picture.


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Finding Meaning in Life

5/28/2018

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   If you've ever felt unsatisfied with a job or any other personal or professional situation, you've probably heard that advice. However, this advice is not helpful, and it's also misguided.
   In today's world, the pursuit of happiness is a deeply ingrained concept. We're taught to expect our lives to be fairly happy, and we're encouraged to do whatever it takes to achieve that.
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But, as in everything else in life, happiness isn't so simple.
What is happiness?
   First of all, happiness refers to what you can get from others and your environment. In other words, you're happy when your material and emotional needs are fulfilled.
   Take Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Outdated or not, it gives us an idea of what people need to be happy and the importance of each of those areas in our lives - from basic biological needs like food and shelter to more elevated needs like self-development and creativity.
   However, fulfilling our needs doesn't always make us happy. And in many cases, that comes in direct conflict with the happiness we seek. For example, a job that covers our basic needs for food, shelter, and security could be getting in the way of your need for creativity, flexibility, and freedom.
   On top of that, we tend to think of happiness as static, as something you either have or don't. However, this isn't the case, at all. Instead, happiness is fluid and fleeting.

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Signs You're Doing Too Much

5/28/2018

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   Is it possible that you are doing too much? Well… yes it is. Too much of anything isn’t good (You knew that already) and it’s entirely possible to overextend yourself in almost any situation.
   If you focus on things that will benefit you now or in the long run, then you are on the right track. That doesn’t mean that you should do too much however.
Here are some of the signs you are doing too much:

You’re Mentally and Physically Exhausted
   Being a hard worker is admirable but you want to give yourself time to recover and recuperate. If you can no longer function then you’ve gone too far and have done too much. Rick Hanson, Ph.D., a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC-Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author says, “Most of a person’s tasks, even all of them, could be individually rewarding and done for a good purpose, but taken as a whole they’re often too much. It’s certainly gotten this way for me."
   ​This is interesting and maybe a way we have never thought of our similar circumstances. Perhaps it's time to re-think our situation and do something else like take a vacation.

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Activities That Promote Well-being

5/24/2018

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There are a number of leisure activities that will promote your well-being, and you will be delighted to know that they don’t all involve physical activity, though that is vital to your health. Below we address just a few of the leisure activities that you can indulge in in a bid to promote your well-being.
​Gardening
   The wonderful aspect of gardening is that it provides you with physical activity, while you spend time out in the sunshine to enjoy your day. It might just seem like a hobby, but gardening offers health benefits: exercise, stress relief, nutrition, and even brain health as you’re keeping your mind active as you tend to your garden.
   There are a number of studies that prove this to be so. One study in the Netherlands, which had one group of subjects garden after stressful activity, and the other read a book- it was the gardeners that saw their mood improve the most. If you have a community garden within reach, it is ideal as it allows human interaction.
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Dancing
   Dancing is a wonderful activity that promotes energy, vitality, physical health and an improved mood to support your overall well-being at any age!
There are many types of dance styles, from ballroom to hip-hop to square dancing and everything in between.
   Grab a partner or find one at any of the local dance schools near you and get to stepping!​


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