What we can do now to live longer, in better health with more fun and adventures
Make Life More Fun
It was the perfect day to make New Year’s Resolutions: New Year’s Day. All over the world, people were vowing to be more patient parents, to get fit, lose weight, visit their mothers more, be a better friend, save for a house, spend less on shoes, save up for a holiday, take up archery, learn …
Your dog’s love is never more evident than when you arrive home. Your dog is overjoyed to see you. Such a welcome! It makes you feel on top of the world! And it’s not just love that your dog gives you so freely, but a whole load of other benefits too. In fact, scientists can …
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Knitting is cool these days. It’s not just knitting grandmas any more. Lots of celebrities do it. Here are a few: Sarah Jessica Parker, Krysten Ritter, Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. And it’s not just the women! Ryan Gosling has had a go. Russell Crowe, David Arquette and George Lucas are into it too. Wait a minute: …
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That dreadful nagging thought again: what are you going to do in retirement? You’ve successfully ignored it for so long. But now, retirement is creeping up on you. Or, perhaps you’re already retired and you’re living through achingly long days of being at home with not enough to do, bored out of your skull. (Is …
What to do in Retirement: 107 Life-Changing Ideas Read More »
Do you ever challenge yourself because you feel life has got to be more interesting? That you need a shake-up because it’s just so dull and you’re not making the most of your life? We all have days like that. Maybe you sit there and count your blessings. Or you write a gratitude journal to …
Are you in social isolation? Maybe in your area you’re just social distancing. Or maybe you’re stuck in lockdown in Spain like some friends of ours. You’ve got loads more time on your hands because you’re not out socialising nor are you spending time on the dreaded commute. But you feel restless, purposeless. You …
You’ve turned from middle age to senior. You’re retired or soon will be. The children have left home so you don’t need to feather your empty nest any longer. You’re the one that’s going to fly. (Or maybe you’ll cruise.) That’s where senior travel comes in! You’re really excited. You so want it to be a great …
Your Dream Trip: the Ultimate Senior Travel Guide (2020) Read More »
When Life’s not Fair: Getting out from Under When You Feel Crushed You want to live a long and happy life. But now you feel crushed. Life’s just not fair. You’d noticed all those small signs: the extra weight, the breathlessness when you walked upstairs. You worry about that niggling pain in your hip or …
When I saw it, we were out skiing, having a great time. We had knocked another item off the bucket list, skiing in a resort we hadn’t been to before. Then we reached the next chair lift. It was flimsy looking, old, but that wasn’t what made it so terrifying. It appeared to dive over …
Beyond Scary: Your Bucket List Lessons from Adrenaline Junkies and Toddlers Read More »
The Older You Get the Faster Time Flies: 7 Clues from Einstein and Spandex to slow it down “Goodness, how time flies.” We’ve all said it. We’re always surprised. But I got into a panic the other day when I was turning out my wardrobe (changing my life à la Marie Kondo) and came across …