More Thoughts and Some Action Tips

Here is the  introduction from my new book, Aging Intelligently, Small Bites, which you can check out and joyfully purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Aging-Intelligently-Small-Dempsey-Dybdahl-ebook/dp/B01KNNZO3G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472079360&sr=8-1&keywords=Dempsey+Dybdahl

We begin life strong, flexible, and supple. We are curious, imaginative, and fearless enough to try anything. As life progresses, our parents, peers, and friends talk us into being more prudent and protective. The status quo says that when you get old, your back hurts, knees don’t work, vision diminishes, balance is an issue, you gain weight that you cannot lose, distractions are a problem in getting anything done, and thinking clarity is compromised. You are told it is because you are old. Expect it, find a nice retirement home. Don’t move too much or do anything dangerous; you might hurt yourself. You try fewer new things, you sit more than you stand, and your posture compresses. The view we have of older people is declining health, disease, and dementia. This is not aging intelligently.

What if, by what we practice every day, we could delay the aging process? What if the benefits outweighed the status quo. In fact, they do. We can help ourselves by what we pay attention to each day. Think of aging as your new job. It takes commitment and practice, but the benefits of taking responsibility for your aging process insure that you will have done everything you can to insure healthy, strong, lucid aging.

Old people who ROCK should be the norm, not the anomaly that they are now.

Let’s rethink aging, and reinvent ourselves. Age is a continuum, beginning at birth. To a 2 year old, 5 is old. To a 5 year old, 15 is an adult. To a 15 year old, his 40 year parents are over the hill, used up, and no longer capable of fun. They’re too old to retain a sense of humor. Let’s celebrate aging, doing everything we can to insure that we fully function until the day we die in our sleep, peaceful, leaving behind a well-lived life.

You have questions about Aging Intelligently. I have answers.