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# Long Life, Fun Life

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- [How to Keep Cool Out Walking in a Heatwave](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/how-to-keep-cool-out-walking-in-a-heatwave/) - Too hot to walk? Tips for keeping cool and staying safe when you walk in summer heat - so the weather doesn't derail your walking habit.
- [Walking For Reluctant Walkers](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/walking-for-reluctant-walkers/) - Walking is easy, isn't it? But not for reluctant walkers. I am a reluctant walker. I am always looking for new ways to make walking more fun. Let's go have fun!
- [What do Two Women Sailing a Boat Provoke?](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/two-older-women-in-a-boat/) - Two older women sailing a boat and the reactions they provoked. A story about defying expectations, having adventures and not acting your age.
- [The Older You get the Faster Time Flies](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/the-older-you-get-the-faster-time-flies/) - Why does time speed up as you get older? The science behind it and seven practical ways to slow time down and make your years feel fuller.
- [On Exams, Ageing and Keeping Your Brain out of an Early Grave](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/on-exams-ageing-and-keeping-your-brain-out-of-an-early-grave/) - Lifelong learning keeps your brain sharp and your life interesting. Why it's never too late to study, learn and challenge your mind.
- [The Rock and Roll Generation Dancing to a Longer Life](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/dancing-to-longer-life/) - Little did we know we were dancing to longer life when, in the 60s, we used to go dancing. (Psst — there’s a quiz at the end) The road to Bournemouth pier We were a huge group mostly of 14–18 year olds going dancing every Saturday night, at the end of the pier in Bournemouth:. We did this
- [How to Win the Lottery of Life without Winning the Lottery](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/win-the-lottery-of-life-without-winning-lottery/) - Imagine you win the lottery. You’re lying in the sun on a warm beach. You think about walking down to take a dip in the sea. No, no, on balance, you prefer to cool off in the swimming pool. Then you flop back onto the sunbed and a lovely drink appears in a cocktail glass
- [Beyond Scary: Your Bucket List Lessons from Adrenaline Junkies and Toddlers](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/your-bucket-list-lessons-adrenaline-junkies-toddlers/) - 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
- [How the Black Magic in your Coffee helps You Cheat Death](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/black-magic-in-your-coffee/) - How the Black Magic in Your Coffee helps You Cheat Death Chances are that you had a sip of the black magic in your coffee this morning. Yes, you drank one of the most popular drinks in the world: a cup of coffee. There’s nothing like that wonderful aroma for a great start to the
- [Losing your job over 50? 6 inspiring resources to get you working.](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/losing-your-job-over-50/) - Are you worried about losing your job over 50? The chances are that if you are over 50 it will happen to you. Studies show that nearly a third of UK over 50s are made redundant and in the US well over 50% lose their jobs. Many more over 50s feel insecure and worry that
- [41 Funky Things to Do in Social Isolation](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/41-funky-things-to-do-in-social-isolation/) - 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
- [Leg cramps at night:Old Wives' Tales Vs New Research?](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/leg-cramps-at-night/) - Do you get leg cramps at night? I do. Cramp affects all ages. Usually not serious, it can deprive you of sleep and injure you. Here's how to avoid cramp.
- [Walking Backwards: A Change of Direction](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/walking-backwards-a-change-of-direction/) - Walking backwards is surprisingly good for you - better balance, stronger muscles, and a fun change from your usual routine. Here's why and how to start.
- [Bob and his dog: confronting our deepest fears](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/bob-and-his-dog-confronting-fears/) - A moving story about Bob, his dog and the fears that come with ageing. Sometimes our deepest worries have simpler solutions than we think.
- [Themes of Ageing: Our Souls at Night](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/our-souls-at-night-themes-of-ageing/) - A look at the Netflix film Our Souls at Night and the real-life ageing themes it tackles, from loneliness and companionship to small-town gossip.
- [Role Model Kristine: Virtual Walker of the Pacific Crest Trail](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/role-model-kristine-virtual-walker/) - Meet Kristine, who walked the Pacific Crest Trail virtually - proving you don't need to be an athlete to take on an extraordinary challenge.
- [Best Ways to Live Longer: 9 Dos and 9 Don'ts](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/best-ways-to-live-longer-9-dos-and-9-donts/) - The best ways to live a longer, healthier life. No fads, no extremes - just sensible habits backed by research.
- [Glorious New Year's Resolutions](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/new-years-resolutions/) - Why most New Year's resolutions fail and what to do instead. A fresh, fun take on setting goals that you might actually keep this time.
- [Hot Potatoes: Why We Love This Humble, Sensational Staple](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/hot-potatoes-humble-but-sensational-staple/) - Everyone loves potatoes and sweet potatoes. But they are badmouthed as bad for us. Let's look at what they contribute to our health and joie de vivre.
- [Medical Tourism: Affordable Treatment Abroad](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/affordable-medical-tourism/) - You're sick. Oh no. You really don't feel well and yet you've got to make all these decisions on what to do. A friend told you about medical tourism. That's when people travel abroad to get medical, dental or surgical treatment. Could travel be the answer to your medical problems? But, all you can think about
- [How to Sleep Better:  33 Tips from Experts](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/33-tips-on-how-to-sleep-better/) - Millions of us are desperately searching for how to sleep better. Is that you too? Here are 33 tips from sleep experts to soothe you into deep refreshing sleep.
- [Your 200 Fruit and Vegetable Challenge to Improve Your Eating Habits](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/200-fruit-and-vegetable-challenge/) - Have you ever challenged yourself to improve your eating habits or to eat more healthily? Did you vow to go on a diet once? Or was it a few more times than that? OK, you’ve got the desire to change. But how to turn the desire into action? This is where it feels
- [Better Balance, Better Life: FIT IT IN Right Now](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/better-balance-better-life-fit-it-in-right-now/) - Better balance is great for preventing falls AND it's fun to FIT IT IN and do easy exercises RIGHT NOW. Fun habits make your dream of a fitter you come true .
- [Hot, Happy Fun in the Sauna: Fit It In Right Now](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/hot-happy-fun-in-the-sauna-fit-it-in-right-now/) - Fun in the sauna is good for health and longevity. Protecting you against cardiovascular disease, it relieves stress, aches and pains. Book your fun right now.
- [Fit It In Right Now: Make Yourself Happy](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/fit-it-in-right-now-make-yourself-happy/) - Doing something small for someone is easy to fit in, and a great way for both you and them to feel happy. Fit it in right now and feel happy about yourself.
- [Innovative Intentions: the Solution to Beat Blue Mondays](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/implement-intentions-the-solution-to-beat-blue-mondays/) - Implement your intentions right now to reap successful lifestyle improvements. No more miserable Blue Mondays or broken resolutions
- [When a Comfortable Chair Makes Life More Fun](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/when-a-comfortable-chair-makes-life-more-fun/) - Inspiring Dr Denise Taylor shows you how she makes life more fun by going to music festivals with a chair. Sacrilegious or sensible stereotype bashing?
- [A Walk in the Park with Parkrun](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/a-walk-in-the-park-with-parkrun/) - Your local parkrun encourages walkers to join a healthy 5km walk in the park. With lots of fun and socialising afterwards, it's not just a walk in the park.
- [Our Beautiful Informal Parkrun in Lisbon Will Continue](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/our-beautiful-informal-parkrun-in-lisbon-will-continue/) - Raquel and David are stepping down. But despite doom and gloom, our Informal Parkrun Lisboa is continuing. Volunteers have stepped up to keep it going. Hurrah!
- [More Walking Fun in 5 Days and 5 Quirky Ways](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/more-walking-fun-in-5-days-and-5-quirky-ways/) - Do you feel guilty that you don't get in enough exercise? Try out this five day plan of quirky ideas for transforming routine and boring into walking fun.
- [The Dark Side of Healthy Chocolate for Longer Life](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/dark-healthy-chocolate/) - Why not add dark healthy chocolate to your diet? It delivers a healthy heart and a longer life. An acquired taste but lots of fun to eat and drink.
- [Fun on the First Walk for our Walking Group](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/fun-on-the-first-walk/) - On 23 Jan, we did our first walk for more fun, sociability and connection, as well as for our health. Come and join us, find us on Expats Seixal FB Group.
- [Caught in the Coils of Procrastination?](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/caught-in-the-coils-of-procrastination/) - Laocoön and his Sons @smilingsunray Depositphotos Procrastination; here I am, once again, agonising about a few measly sentences. Why is it so hard? Why can’t I just write and be satisfied that it will be fine? What exactly is my problem with just getting this quite small thing done? Procrastination is so painful. It makes
- [Your Hygge Home: Snuggling in for a Warmer Winter](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/hygge-home-warmer-winter/) - Have you heard of the Danish concept of ‘hygge’? No? Well, a hygge home is part and parcel of Danish culture. It’s the Danish way of getting through the winter, fighting off the cold, combatting the dreariness of long, dark days. It’s all about feeling warm and comfortable, about creating the kind of atmosphere where
- [Walking Shoes: 13 Shopping Tips for Your Perfect Pair](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/13-tips-for-walking-shoes/) - Put on your walking shoes; walking is the way forward. Let's go. Wait a minute - that's not so easy. Confession time! The shoes that I’ve worn more or less every day for the last three years have completely had it! Time to buy a new pair. Shock, horror. Are you like me and despair
- [21 Easy Walking Tips: How to Get Going and Get Fit](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/21-walking-tips-how-to-get-going-and-get-fit/) - Do you need a few walking tips to get you going? It’s difficult to make yourself go walking regularly, isn't it? Just a minute, it's not that hard - even if you feel like a couch potato. Just trying out some of those walking tips will do it for you. Let’s get into the right
- [The Myriad Ways Your Dog's Love Extends Your Life](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/myriad-ways-your-dogs-love-extends-your-life/) - 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
- [Knitting is Cool and So are Knitting Grandmas (and Grandpas)](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/cool-knitting-grandmas-and-grandpas/) - 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:
- [13 Life-Changing Reasons Why Friends are Important](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/why-friends-are-important-and-life-changing/) - A rush of friends and visitors this month has set me thinking about why friends are important. Lockdown deprived us of those essential social connections. What is life without friends to share it with? Some of my friends really struggled without the boost they get from friends. Did you? For me, it’s felt a bit
- [Life Lessons in Ageing: Inspiration from Alzheimer's](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/alzheimers-life-lessons-in-ageing/) - Alzheimer's is not a condition that you would associate with great life lessons in ageing. But living with Alzheimer's and writing a book about the experience makes Wendy Mitchell a role model whose inspiration score is way beyond those of most of us. Her memoir, 'Somebody I Used to Know', is both a tough book
- [What to do in Retirement: 107 Life-Changing Ideas](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/what-to-do-in-retirement/) - 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
- [Your Dream Trip: the Ultimate Senior Travel Guide (2020)](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/dream-senior-travel-the-ultimate-guide/) - 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
- [The Gig Economy for Boomers: the Ultimate Guide](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/gig-economy-boomers-ultimate-guide/) - It’s one of those days when nothing is going right. You're sitting there thinking that this wasn't what you promised yourself you'd be doing when you were older. But here you are, fed up with working the corporate 9-6 or 7. Or perhaps you're worried sick about looming redundancy from the new corporate takeover they’ve just
- [Make Exercise a Habit: 9 Super-Easy Ways (Using Your Smartphone)](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/make-exercise-a-habit/) - You want to get fit, but it’s so hard to make exercise a habit. Every year, exercise is top of your list of New Year’s Resolutions. But somehow it doesn’t happen. Have you thought about using your phone to help you out? Oh – you thought your phone was only bad for your health? Yes, well it
- [Life’s not fair: getting out from under.](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/when-lifes-not-fair/) - 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 your
- [How to Action the Best Eating Habits for Your Longer Life](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/best-eating-habits-for-longer-life/) - You know you need to change your eating habits. You want to be healthier, to live longer, but you just hate going on a diet. Perhaps you made a New Year’s resolution to eat more healthily. Did you find a diet, start off happily and then get bogged down in what you have to
- [Hormesis 101: Small Doses of Stress to Live Longer](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/hormesis-small-doses-to-live-longer/) - What on earth is hormesis? And what's it got to do with you? Yet the concept is one that most of us use frequently – even every day! You tell me you definitely don't. Ok. Let's see. But have you ever done any weight lifting? Or trained for a swimming race or a hiking holiday?
- [Book Review-Retirement Heaven or Hell Mike Drak](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/book-retirement-heaven-or-hell/) - I recently read Retirement Heaven or Hell: 9 Principles for Designing Your Ideal Post-Career Lifestyle by Mike Drak, Susan Williams and Rob Morrison. Mike and his co-authors demonstrate how retirement is all about your lifestyle choices. And like all choices in life, they are based on our preconceptions and expectations of that next phase of life.
- [12 Sneaky Ways to Exercise on Zoom Calls](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/ways-to-exercise-on-zoom-calls/) - 12 Sneaky Ways to Exercise on Zoom Calls Ever thought you must try to fit in more ways to exercise? How about exercising during your zoom calls? Zoom calls are so tiring and it’s all too easy to lose focus on what the call is about, even if you’re actually interested in what’s going on.
- [You Don’t have to be an Exercise Freak to be Fit for a Longer Life](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/be-fit-for-a-longer-life-without-being-exercise-freak/) - Are you fed up with all that advice out there that makes you feel guilty that you’re not doing impossible feats of exercise? Do you have friends who are always off on extended hikes, or climbing or biking tours? They come back raving about it and look so hideously healthy. They don’t mean to, but
- [10 Brilliant Reasons to Challenge Yourself](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/challenge-yourself/) - 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
- [21 Keys to Improving Your Memory Naturally](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/improving-your-memory-naturally/) - Do you worry about forgetting things? How about improving your memory naturally? I think every one of us wants a good memory. As we age, we can frighten ourselves big time, thinking that, because we forgot where we put the salt or the TV remote or the new tube of toothpaste, we’re on the road
- [Fun with Over 50 Fashion: 5 Timeless Tricks](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/fun-for-over-50-fashion/) - Has your fashion fun faded now that you are dealing with over 50 fashion? What if it didn’t have to? Remember how it felt to lie in bed and browse fashion magazines when you were younger? Or the thrill of wearing something that makes you feel amazing? What about having a stranger stop you to
- [Slow Down Ageing: 7 Secrets to Feeling Younger](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/slow-down-ageing/) - Do you feel you’re getting older too quickly — that the tug of years is weighing you down? If only you could slow down ageing, feel a bit younger. Maybe even look a bit younger. It’s not that you really want to be younger. You know perfectly well that you can’t turn back the clock.
- [Book on Aging: Nomadland by Jessica Bruder](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/book-on-aging-nomadland/) - I read this book on aging quite a while before I knew that there was a film of it, leave alone that it had won all those Oscars. It's a testament to the way that the Nomadland book's original material touched a real nerve. The film visually illustrates the difficulties of Nomadland's forgotten tribe of

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- ['Go Walking' my new Book for Walking Fun](https://www.longlifefunlife.com/go-walking/) - Go Walking to discover its joys and how it can boost your happiness, health, and longevity. Get inspired with 80+ fun ideas to make walking your daily habit!
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