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A nice piece from The Guardian with the message that aging doesn’t need to slow you down - based upon a book by Daniel Litvitin, a neuroscientist at McGill - The Changing Mind - A Neuroscientist’s guide to Aging Well - ( The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Ageing Well (Amazon: https://a.co/d/jfpxWbB included for info - not to sell the book) on this topic.
Olympics? Dressage? Sorry, it's not going to be very encouraging for me. But I like and agree with several of them from my own life experience.
Funny, by this time of my life I really don't need the confirmation from a study. Maybe it would be a better read for people in their thirties and forties. Except they may have to take the information on faith which many won't.
It seems you have to have decades of experience before you realize that caring about and striving for some things isn't worth an effort. And then, like the proverbial butterfly, satisfaction lands on your shoulder.
The gifts come when you are ready to recognize and receive them.
A nice piece from The Guardian with the message that aging doesn’t need to slow you down - based upon a book by Daniel Litvitin, a neuroscientist at McGill - The Changing Mind - A Neuroscientist’s guide to Aging Well - ( The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Ageing Well (Amazon: https://a.co/d/jfpxWbB included for info - not to sell the book) on this topic.
Well it wasn't aging that slowed me down it was the past physical stupidity of certain acts I committed in my youth that have taken me back down the pole of vitality.
And the fact that people achieve success later in life just simply means that they probably had other outlets but decided to focus on the one that got them more pleasure than anything.
What is interesting is that some of comments are from posters who neither looked at the article posted nor the book. The book and article are not about the outliers. For instance, the book shares insights from longitudinal Harvard study of men. But, the dismissal without bothering to find out is quite common for the forum and I am hardly surprised.
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Self-esteem: 50-70
Healthy self-esteem is a key component of good mental health, and a long-term data analysis has found it climbs from adolescence onwards, peaking somewhere between 50 and 70. Interestingly, 2020 research from Japan found self-esteem continued to rise from adolescence right into old age, without the drop other studies had found. The researchers speculated this might be because people in Japan have “more humble and balanced attitudes toward themselves, not just in old age”, making peaks and steep declines less likely.
I wonder if Research from Japan is 'Worldwide', i.e. considering the number of age 50+ in the USA who were 'outsourced' might skew that response from the USA. 'Respect' for different age groups is very different in various cultures. (even respect for kids / children, of which the USA might be least).
Being nice: over 60
Research suggests older adults are more emotionally stable and less impulsive; they are better able to maintain positive relationships; and “agreeableness” increases substantially with age. Do we just become nicer? “Not everyone over 60 becomes nicer,” says Levitin. “Everyone knows that sourpuss down the street.
Stay off my LAWN!
Eighties Happiness: 82
“Happiness may seem like a young person thing,” says Levitin. “But the surprising thing is when older people are asked to pinpoint the happiest time of their lives, the most common response is not an age in childhood, teens, or early adulthood, it’s 82.” - (USA response)
Does not surprise me ... finally, something to be happy about! (All my family peers were gone by age 84... nice to be happy just before your grand exit! Preferably sooner!)
What is interesting is that some of comments are from posters who neither looked at the article posted nor the book. The book and article are not about the outliers. For instance, the book shares insights from longitudinal Harvard study of men. But, the dismissal without bothering to find out is quite common for the forum and I am hardly surprised.
You did post an article without much else. Why would you be surprised people skimmed the article, and the outliers are what jumped out at them?
I know people that never slowed down with age. They came to a complete stop when they died in their 30's and 40's.
What is interesting is that some of comments are from posters who neither looked at the article posted nor the book. The book and article are not about the outliers. For instance, the book shares insights from longitudinal Harvard study of men. But, the dismissal without bothering to find out is quite common for the forum and I am hardly surprised.
I did fly over it. It looks like just another justification for research and grants. A couple of folks stand out. There are plenty of folks on CD who stand out as in achieving outside the box.
You did post an article without much else. Why would you be surprised people skimmed the article, and the outliers are what jumped out at them?
I know people that never slowed down with age. They came to a complete stop when they died in their 30's and 40's.
I sincerely apologize for not reading it for them. Sorry for the interruption. We can proceed to the regular programming to what TV show everyone watched last night.
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