Karl A. Pillemer, a renowned Cornell gerontologist, used the wisdom of crowds — more than 1,000 Americans over 65 years old — to glean material for his book “30 Lessons in Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans.”
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Here are twelve of those lessons (as adapted from this article in the Washington Post):
- Marry someone like you
- Act now if you will need your body for 100 years
- Stay connected
- Be able to look everyone in the eye
- Say yes to opportunities
- Travel more
- Send flowers to the living
- Share time with your children
- With adult children, YOU usually need to compromise
- Take advantage of the time you have
- Find freedom
- Don’t waste your time worrying about getting old
Sarah Shaw - WanderShopper says
Paying attention to #10 helped me do more of #6. Wise list.
Beth Shepherd - Pampers and Pakhlava says
Sarah, I like your outlook…and your strategy!