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10 Steps to Aging Well
Generally, getting old stinks, but here are some things to help.
While I’m not wild about being in my 60s. it does beat the alternative. When I was younger, I wondered how I would feel about no longer being able to carry on certain activities.
For example, I loved playing sports when I was younger. I was playing fullcourt basketball with my youngest son when I was in my 50s. Now, I don’t want to embarrass myself. The last serious athletic activity I took part in was a pre-Covid kickball game with friends. I was the oldest participant.
I was immediately struck by how far the ball didn’t go when I kicked it. I didn’t embarrass myself in the field and made a nice play on the bases, but at a price.
As I was running the bases, an opponent threw the ball at me in an attempt to record a putout. I executed a beautiful slide into third base and the ball sailed over me. I quickly got up to proceed to home plate. And nearly as quickly pulled a hamstring. I finished out the game, and possibly my kickball career.
But, let’s talk about how to compensate for that sort of thing.
1: Enjoy the same movies over and over again.
Is your memory slipping? Well, that’s kind of a bummer, but make the best of it. Do you have certain movies you have enjoyed? Well, you couple a good movie with a faulty memory and you have a movie you can enjoy over and over again.
2: Drink lots of water.
But what if, like is true in many areas, you wonder how safe your drinking water is? Add alcohol to it to disinfect it. You feel better in various ways.
3: Don’t dwell on past enemies who have passed away.
It does you no good. Plus, isn’t outliving them cause for satisfaction in itself?
4: Skip refined foods.
That’s right, don’t mess with hoity-toity fancy foods. Forget about stuff like snails, caviar, and truffles. Go with stuff like fried chicken, pork chops, and cornbread.
Hang on, being told that’s not at all what “refined food” means. Never mind.
