PUT OLD ON HOLD Journal

How To Breathe Energizing Life Into The Retirement Years

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Dr. Malcolm Ing not only surfs, he has retained his height and stature, doesn’t have the typical muscle loss (sarcopenia) in his 80s that other men do, is still working as chief of ophthalmology at the John A Burns School of Medicine, and has full mental faculties and a good sense of humor, as evidenced in the video. Video source: Longevinex.com

Barbara Morris

The Religion of Age Awareness: Will We Ever Stop Worshiping “The Number”?

I have concluded that the awareness and significance of chronological age is so important in our culture that it has almost become religion. (According to a legal case known as Torcaso v. Watkins, a religion does not have to include worship of a deity to qualify as a "religion".) I consider Age Awareness a religion because devotion to the significance of "the number" includes adherence to set-in-stone "cultural commandments" all older women are expected to believe and obey. Some "shall and shall nots" of the religion of Age Awareness: A woman at retirement age is expected to retire … Read more

Joyce L. Shafer

Is Your Thinking Higher or Lower?

You either think from your situations or think from your possibilities. You can tell which you’re choosing by looking at what’s happening and how you feel. Beliefs about life challenges can lead you to forget how and why thinking from possibilities (higher) works better than thinking from situations (lower). An example is, “How am I going to pay my bills?” (situation) vs. “How might I manifest an extra $X this month?” (possibilities). The first one leads you to stay in bad feelings: fear, worry, non-action or non-productive action. The second one leads you to open to inspired ideas and … Read more

Lura Zerick

Drag Out Your Old Dreams — Live Them NOW!

Do you have old dreams; things and activities that you want to do someday? These could involve a second career, a hobby, or things to do for fun or add to your income. The range is wide; maybe you want to learn to sew pretty clothes, paint beautiful scenes or learn to tap dance for a sense of accomplishment. My advice is do it while you can! Don’t wait too long to make your dream a reality! It is too easy to ‘put things off’; sometimes we believe we will have plenty of time in the future. We might and we might not. Take advantage of any free time you have to begin your dream. Want to learn … Read more

Paul Burri

The U.S. Toilet Paper Inventory

I just read an interesting statistic. The average US household uses 46 squares of toilet paper per person per day. Now based on the fact that the current US population is 313.9 million persons, that comes to about 14 billion squares per person per day - after adjusting downward for those persons who either use newspaper, corn cobs or nothing at all. In any case, it sounds like a lot of crap if you ask me. But more importantly, my questions are these. 1. Who does a study like this (not to mention, who pays for it)? and, perhaps even more interesting is, 2. "Just exactly how do they do a … Read more

Good Stuff To Know August 2017

* * * Highlights * * * No detectable limit to how long people can live * * * Surprising trend in extramarital sex in America * * * Smelling your food makes you fat * * * Popular heartburn drugs linked to higher early death risk * * * Marijuana and vulnerability to psychosis * * * Vitamin D may improve sunburn, according to new clinical trial * * * Cocoa and chocolate are not just treats -- they are good for your cognition * * * Diabetes causes shift in oral microbiome that fosters periodontitis, Penn study finds * * * * Daily crosswords linked to sharper brain in later life * * * Estrogen … Read more