I think that's a great tip. You're right.
Comment on If you take care of your parents or other elderly, how are you preparing to age gracefully?
whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world 4 months agoI think you hit the nail on the head.
Where you live is one thing, but how you face the world is another. As we age, it seems that we have increased challenges in the areas you note.
Trust becomes harder. Acknowledging our own faults and cognitive degradations becomes harder. Making decisions becomes harder. And desire to remain autonomous becomes stronger. Those things don’t jive too well.
One more thing to note though: maintain a community of similarly-aged peers. Otherwise, one might feel like they are on an island.
This is based on my experience caring for an elderly family member.
livus@kbin.social 4 months ago
angrystego@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The older you get, the more it is important to have younger friends as well.
whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Maybe it’s just important to stay generally social with folks of all types, as perspectives and conversations keep us young? Is that a good maxim?
angrystego@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Definitely. Diverse friends give you a lot of insight and perspective and can help you not to become too judgemental. And then, when you’re really old, you will still have a social circle despite the older people and many of your age group being gone.