Aging In A Straightjacket? How To Avoid Being Old

I recently asked my newsletter subscribers What kind of help do you need but are not finding in your quest to Put Old on Hold. One respondent replied, How to stay young forever.

Facetious answer? Doesnt matter. Lets be honest. Every woman (and probably every man) would like to stay young forever. While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, most would agree that a dry, wrinkled, debilitated face and body is not appealing.

But not to worry -- you can stay young forever.

First, lets start with your face. You can buy beauty same as you buy a car on time. Cosmetic procedures of all kinds are becoming easier, safer and more affordable. When you look as good on the outside as you are healthy on the inside, nothing beats the wow effect of a successful cosmetic procedure. You are back in the game.

Next, your body reveals what and how much you eat and if you exercise. If you cant control food intake and are not motivated to exercise, you can always find a doctor who will suck fat out every inch of your body.

So much for physical beauty. Its yours if you want it. You can look any way you want to look for as along as you want. You can keep guys gasping in wanton appreciation forever.

But you and I know that staying young forever is not all about looking like a Barbi doll. There is something far more important.

Its about being young inside. Its being 40-50 with insides that function like a 25 year old. And the only way you are going to achieve that is by conscientious attention to how you treat your body day in and day out. There is no magic pill. No doctor can do it for you.

Having young insides includes having a young attitude. If you can control what goes on in your head, you have it made.

You have to work at having a young attitude because everything in our society militates against it. Once past midlife, tradition dictates that you think, act, dress, walk and talk in socially accepted ways. Its like a straightjacket; the older you get the tighter the straps on the straightjacket squeeze the young attitude out of you.

You have to hold onto a young attitude while you still have one. After its lost its tough to get it back.

Once you arrive at seniorhood, a young attitude is severely challenged. You begin to do senior things: you go to the senior center with like-minded friends, reminisce about the past, and trade stories about aches, pains and doctors. You go to bingo and the casino and do other socially accepted but stagnating things women your age are supposed to enjoy doing. (By the way nothing wrong with bingo and all the rest if that's what makes you happy.)

You accept the culturally imposed straightjacket as this is the way its supposed to be. With each passing year, the straps on the straightjacket continue to tighten. Your reflection in the mirror gradually becomes that of a squeezed, drained, blank, little old lady.

Heres the antidote: Dont allow your young attitude to be hijacked by outdated cultural norms.

One of the best ways to avoid an old mindset is to choose friends very carefully. If you are 50 and associate primarily with other 50 year olds, you are going to adopt an old attitude before you know it. We learn from each other. We copy each others behaviors; we adopt each others thinking.

To stay young mentally, regular association with young people is a must. But dont wait for them to come to you. Young people hang with other young people. They dont have the maturity to pursue and value older friendships.

If you still work and meet younger people, you are in luck. If you are retired, get a job that puts you in contact with young people. Go back to school or volunteer to mentor young people.

I know from personal experience the value of being around young people. You wont always like what you see or hear; you may be dismayed by some of their ideas and behaviors, but you will benefit from their energy, enthusiasm and openness. It will force you to rethink some of the social straightjacket thinking society foists on people as they continue to age past midlife.

A bonus: If you maintain a young attitude, and you are looking for a significant other, your chances of catching a live one escalate astronomically! Remember, youthfulness attracts youth; oldness attracts what is old.

Barbara Morris, R.Ph. is a pharmacist and youth preservation strategist. She is author of Put Old on Hold. Sign up for her newsletter at http://www.PutOldonHold.com and receive bonus ebook, "Diva Tested Tips for Fabulous Skin."casino bonus
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