#aging

#aging

Perhaps you've become a "silver fox" or simply less "baby-faced," resulting in increased romantic interest and even respect from others? Maybe your emotions feel more regulated, and you're able to make serious decisions quickly or have an argument without making rash statements or accusations? Perhaps you've become more financially responsible and secure, so you no longer fret over bills or making ends meet and instead can save money or spend it on things you enjoy?

Her main complaints are fatigue, hip pain, insomnia, and swelling in her ankles, mostly due to a heart that's running out of lifetime. Still, she plows through her roster of self-imposed tasks as though her worth depends on the state of her carpets and cabinets. She still bakes, speaks up at condo board meetings, scrubs her floors on her bony knees, and climbs atop her rickety rattan chairs to dust a chandelier that doesn't need much dusting.

When I finally got the diagnosis, it felt like being in labour as a mom, being in labour for most of my life and finally delivering that baby, that relief,

While others struggle with mental fog and emotional turbulence, these sharp octogenarians breeze through their days with remarkable clarity and calm. I've been fascinated by this phenomenon lately, especially after spending time with my friend's 82-year-old grandmother who still runs her own business and remembers every single birthday in her extended family. Her secret? She started eliminating certain habits well before she hit 70.

It got me thinking. While everyone's obsessing over the latest fitness trends and biohacking protocols, these folks have been consistently moving their bodies for decades. No fancy equipment, no Instagram-worthy routines, just simple habits they picked up long before movement became a multibillion-dollar industry. So I started asking around, digging into research, and talking to people who've stayed active well into their golden years. What I found wasn't revolutionary or complicated. It was refreshingly simple.

When your sixty-something mother says she's too tired to visit this weekend, or your recently retired father spends entire afternoons on the couch, it's tempting to wonder if they've just given up. We live in a culture that equates worth with productivity, so when older adults slow down, we often misread exhaustion as laziness or lack of motivation. But here's what we're missing: that bone-deep tiredness isn't a character flaw.

The 4% rule and most retirement calculators often just assume you are going to spend the same inflation-adjusted amount of money for the next 30 years. On the one hand, this is a simple and clean idea for managing finances, but it's also completely wrong. Real retirement spending rarely works like it's supposed to, and if you are planning on it being static, you're likely setting yourself up for a big surprise.

When I think about my neighbor who just turned 65, I'm struck by how different she seems from others her age. While some of her peers have settled into quiet routines, she radiates an energy that makes people assume she's a decade younger. The difference? She discovered salsa dancing last year and hasn't looked back. Age might be just a number, but let's be honest: How we spend our time shapes how others perceive our vitality.

I've been thinking about this a lot lately, especially after watching my wife's Vietnamese grandmother at a recent family gathering. At 82, she moves through life with this remarkable lightness, even though she's lived through more hardship than I can imagine. She doesn't speak much English, but her presence speaks volumes. What makes someone age into that kind of person? The one who glows from within, who seems genuinely content, who younger people naturally gravitate toward?

Last year, I found myself dragging through my days like I was moving through molasses. Four cups of coffee barely made a dent, and by 3 PM, I'd be fighting to keep my eyes open during meetings. I blamed it on everything - stress from deadlines, maybe not sleeping well enough, or just getting older. But when my doctor ran some routine blood work and mentioned my magnesium levels were surprisingly low, I had one of those lightbulb moments.

Remember when you first noticed your parents' hands trembling slightly as they poured coffee or signed a check? I started paying attention after my mother mentioned it during one of our Sunday calls, brushing it off as "just getting older." But that conversation sent me down a research rabbit hole that revealed something fascinating: those tiny tremors that appear after 60 aren't always what they seem, and knowing the difference between normal aging and something more serious could change everything.

Here's the thing: jet black or very dark brown hair color might seem like the perfect solution for covering grays, but colorists warn it's actually the one shade women over 50 should think twice about requesting. Colorists explain it perfectly: "Solid dark hair against light skin- all that contrast is not summery, they explain, adding that overlightened hair is not the answer either, as it easily looks washed-out."

When people hit their sixties, there's this assumption that life becomes less flexible, that routines become rigid out of necessity rather than choice. But here's what I've learned from watching the most mentally resilient older adults around me: those who genuinely enjoy their daily rhythms aren't stuck in their ways. They're actually displaying something remarkable. Psychology research suggests that finding comfort in your own routines after 60 isn't about being inflexible or resistant to change.

Getting older has its pluses, at least compared to the alternative, as many people like to say. However, there are also some considerable challenges that everyone faces in their later years. Your body doesn't always cooperate with your will, and there are times you feel like your memory can confound you by not cooperating either. People's roles change, and they lose family members, friends, and partners.

When we figure out what causes aging, I think we'll find it's incredibly obvious. It's not a subtle thing. The reason I say it's not a subtle thing is because all the cells in your body, you know, pretty much age at the same rate. I've never seen someone with an old left arm and a young right arm ever in my life, so why is that? There must be a clock that is synchronizing across 35 trillion cells in your body,

If we really invest in longevity science, we have a chance to build a better future. It's gonna be better in one very simple way. There's gonna be a lot less disease. At the moment, aging is the leading cause of death globally. Over a hundred thousand people die every single day of cancer, of Alzheimer's, of the increased risk of infectious disease that comes along with growing older.

I like it because the week before my birthday I swiftly declined a business opportunity that I knew was not a good fit for me. The conversation went like this: The woman on the phone said, "Take a few weeks to mull it over." I replied, "I am most appreciative of your time and don't want to waste it. I will pass on the opportunity. Thank you."

I'm going to be 79 years old. You know, my mother only lived to be 82 and suddenly, chronology has a different meaning,

Morry Kernerman, an accomplished violin prodigy, commits YouTube recordings of classical music to memory, hikes in a hilly ravine with his son and volunteers to teach music in South America. As he prepares to celebrate his 101st birthday next week, Kernerman is convinced that music has played an outsized role in contributing to his long and active life. The Toronto resident is what's known as a super-ager, someone 80 or up who retains the memory abilities of those in their 40s or 50s.

In 2018, Sharples and his research lab, now at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo, were the first to show that exercise could change how our muscle-building genes work over the long term. The genes themselves don't change, but repeated periods of exertion turns certain genes on, spurring cells to build muscle mass more quickly than before. These epigenetic changes have a lasting effect: Your muscles remember these periods of strength and respond favorably in the future.