FIND MEANING AND JOY

The main ingredient in the recipe for healthy aging is the continuous ability to find meaning and joy in life. As you age, your life is most definitely changing and you begin to gradually lose things that previously occupied your time and gave life purpose. For example, your job may change, you may eventually retire from your career, your children may leave home, or other friends and family may move far away. But this is not a time to stop moving forward. Later life can be a time of exciting new adventures if you let it.

So If your career slows down or you retire, or if your children leave home, you may find more time to enjoy activities outside of work and immediate family. I will say take time to enjoy your aging and nourish your spirit. Never waste any opportunity to be yourself.

Let me suggest to you some great ways to find meaning and joy as you age:

Pick up a long-neglected hobby or try a new hobby: Taking a class or joining a club, sports team and expand your social network at the same time.

Learn something new: Learning new activities not only adds meaning and joy to life, but can also help to maintain your brain health and prevent mental decline.

Get involved in your community: Try attending a local event or volunteering for a cause that’s important to you. Community work can be a great way of utilizing and passing on the skills you learned and practiced during your career.

Spend time in nature: Take a walk in your environment daily, walk in your garden.

Appreciate artworks: Visit Art galleries, go to a concert or stage plays, join a book group,  take an art class.

Write your memoirs or a book about your life experiences.

The suggestions can be endless with the core being that you should find any activities that give meaning to and will be enjoyable for you.