Life Lessons: How Older People Can Show Us How to Stay Young
Category: Health and Wellness Issues
December 15, 2015 — Hopefully at this point your children have been raised, your career is behind you, and you have amassed enough money to start enjoying a comfortable retirement. Now you have a new job: a happy and fulfilling retirement. But what is the best way to do that, and avoid wasting what are supposed to be your golden years?
One really good place to start is to examine the attitudes and behaviors toward retirement and aging of the people who have gone before us. You most likely know or remember some people who you admire for the way they lived their lives. This article will examine some of the life lessons we have seen firsthand or read about in famous
Comments on "Life Lessons: How Older People Can Show Us How to Stay Young"
Debra says:
This is a great article. I was recently talking to a friend in her 80's. She said you always have to remember life is an adventure.
Jan Cullinane says:
I love this approach to life from Eleanor Roosevelt:
"Do one thing every day that scares you."
Jan Cullinane, author, The Single Woman's Guide to Retirement (AARP/Wiley)
Robin Caltabiano says:
Save your money. The nice asssisted living residences and board and care homes are expensive and not covered by medicare.
Barbara says:
My 82 year sister just had a knee replacement so she can resume tap dancing in musicals. We figured Mom made it to 97 and Dad 94, so she hopefully will have a lot more time to enjoy life. They played golf into early 90s and traveled the world until he turned 90. They worked hard, raised 6 kids and then enjoyed their own lives. All of us and our children and grandchildren learned lessons that life is meant to be enjoyed while you have it.