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| Evolution Lizzie by Judita Paz 2025 Dreaming Lizard turns into a bird. |
Transitions Are Important
. Every end is a new beginning. If I am fixated on what I’m losing, I may miss the new beginning.
. Make your life or it will be made for you … urgency can take over.
. There are developmental challenges over a life span … they are not preventable.
. In facing these adaptive challenges, there are no experts. Only you yourself can take them on and to do that you must look inside.
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| Nigerian Goddess of Life by Catherine Marsh 2025 Goddesses of Tea series - Water is the elixir of life. Eight Areas to Consider When Planning Your Long Life |
SPIRIT / Purpose & Meaning
What is going to get you out of bed in the morning? Look at big questions like living with compassion and contributing to society. Reassess your purpose: Will you Re-affirm what you did before retiring? Renew it in some way? Reinvent yourself?
BODY / Having the Energy to Do What You Want to Do
Look at genetic factors. Address nutrition: Eat well but with no extremes. (Mediterranean diet seems to work.) Get Medical Care. Think about your Lifestyle. Consider your environment: Pets? Plants? Bar in the bathroom? Good Sleep Patterns Are Essential.
HEART / Self Observation
Live with Optimism. See Hope & Possibility. Be adaptable. Develop Resilience: Be able to Survive & Thrive. Practice Reflection.
Angel by Monique Mulbry 2025
Nature is the ultimate provider.
Develop new friendships. Deepen existing relationships. Prepare to say goodbye to those who are/will be departing.
MIND / Challenge Yourself
Think broadly and solve problems. Join or create elder social innovations such as The Third Act, Encore, and Raging Grannies. Two keys to good mental health: Setting a routine helps you meet difficulties as they arise. Engaging in creativity builds cognitive reserve (make art or music, learn woodworking, knitting …)
WORK / Contribute to Society
Your participation in society matters. Give your talents away through one form or another.
Hawk by Share DuBois 2025
Be observant. Life is sending you signals.
PLACE / What Do You Want to Belong To?
Ask: Is there a community that will support and challenge me? Will you stay where you are but make changes to your home? Consider moving to your ideal place? In either case, within 3 years people leave because they don’t feel that they belong or fit in. Where will you have a sense of Being Home?
MONEY / What am I saving for?
Live within your means. Plan now for the future because financial acuity is one of first capacities to go. You will need a lifetime stream of income.
Butterfly Spirit by LiDoña Wagner 2025
Where are you in the cycle of self-transformation?
The Sauce Is in the Details
Part of TIAA’s research included a survey of the results from two 80-year studies of persons who lived long lives, one on creative people and another on male graduates of a major university. The long-life creative people said, ‘You must be conscientious – mindful of time.’ Long-life male graduates said, ‘Relationships were most important and must be nurtured.’
One of the long-life researchers was asked, “If you could live your life over, what would you do differently?” He replied, “I wish I had paused and explored my options more often”.
This is a summary of a TIAA Research Institute webinar presented by Head Surya Kollari & Managing Director, Strategic Leadership Mark Saine.
