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Age is just a Number

I love the theory, but as you enter the 5th and 6th decades of life, age being just a number seems wistful thinking while ‘Ageing is a REALITY’ seems..…well….ahmm….VERY REAL!!

Not the negative mindset of a fuddy duddy, rather acceptance of the inevitable physical changes that happen.

 

The metabolism slows down, so while you consume or eat as before, the extra weight seems more difficult to keep off.

The healing capacity takes a knock, so the niggles and sniffles that one picks up take longer to recover….weeks instead of the few days that they did earlier.

The digestion is not what it is used to be, so the bingeing of youth has to be moderated and lot more thought put into what and how much one eats and drinks.

The bones start to lose their calcium, so one needs a bit of extra calcium and supplements of ‘sunshine’ Vitamin D. A few other vitamins and iron thrown in too.

One tends to lose some muscle, so extra protein in diet with body weight and isometric exercises to tone up and maintain the muscle mass becomes the order of the day.

The wrinkles start showing, streaks of grey make an appearance and hairlines recede: Nothing to despair really.…graceful acceptance of a blessed life.

 

Then again, it’s a mind game. So while one cannot deny the physical ageing, nothing stops you from staying mentally young. Trick your body/ Mind over body and what not! My tips:

1.     Stay physically active and well conditioned

2.     Eat mindfully

3.     Meditate and work your spiritual side 

4.     Take breaks from work every few months and go on a vacation, embrace nature

5.     Don’t always be hanging out with professional colleagues

6.     Have a life beyond job/ career

7.     Digital Detox whenever possible

8.     Find and pursue a hobby 

9.     Learn new stuff, read & write, sing & dance, listen to music…anything to break the monotony

10. Hang around with younger people, stay pally with your children

11. Laugh aloud, make fun of yourself and keep the kid alive in you

12. Keep setting new goals and targets (not of the career/ professional type!!)

 

See what works for you. Let me know what has worked for you.

Again, Ageing might be a reality but Age is just in the MIND!!

Comments

  1. विपुल जैन8 January 2021 at 10:25

    Yes, age is just a number

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  2. Rajiv12 January 2021 at 12:33

    Will spend more time wid younger ones n go on a trek every year.

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  3. Unknown13 January 2021 at 07:56

    Really thought provoking. Trying to put this into practice.

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