With the free time that you have on your hands, you may find yourself frustrated with the fine lines on your skin. However, it’s important to not let this affect you to the point where you begin to follow myths that may cause more harm than good. Instead, do your...
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15 Foods to Avoid If You Have High Blood Pressure
7 Mar, 2020 | Continuous Learning, Personal Health
A healthy blood pressure reading should fall somewhere between 120/80 mmHg and 139/89 mmHg, according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). A blood pressure reading that is over 139/89 mmHg is too high. This reading can significantly increase your...
How Mah Jong Expanded My Shrinking World
24 Feb, 2020 | Continuous Learning, Personal Health, Social & Recreation
Moving Past the Learning Curve Though not only do I hunger for socialization, I also yearn for something that will challenge my mind and keep the synapses in my brain firing away like the Fourth of July long into old age. Mah Jongg, a game of luck and skill, does...
11 Habits of Genuinely Likable People
16 Feb, 2020 | Business Support, Continuous Learning, Social & Recreation, Strategy & Stakeholders
There's a formula to making a great first impression: Smile, make eye contact, be engaging. But first impressions can also quickly lose their impact, especially when there's no substance beneath the surface glow. Being genuinely likable over the long haul is tougher....
A Rite of Passage from Hero to Elder
16 Feb, 2020 | Continuous Learning, Information, Personal Health, Social & Recreation
As millions of Baby Boomers choose not to merely grow old but to grow whole, to intentionally step across a threshold and become an Elder, we discover that aging can be a spiritual path. Its foundation is described in every spiritual tradition as ego transcendence, a...
7 Daily Habits That Make You Age Faster
16 Feb, 2020 | Connections, Continuous Learning, Personal Health, Social & Recreation, Strategy & Stakeholders
There are both mental and physical habits that can both drain our energy and cause us to age faster. It is no exaggeration to think that how you feel when you’re older is a testament to how you lived when you were younger. One of the remarkable aspects of the human...
10 Practical Tasks to Help You Deal With a Terminal Illness
10 Feb, 2020 | Continuous Learning, Home Support, Information, Personal Health, Science & Technology, Strategy & Stakeholders
We fear most what we understand least, so empower yourself by learning everything you can about how your illness will affect you. Ask your doctor(s) what physical, mental and/or emotional changes you should expect as your disease progresses. Search online or at a...
5 Lessons Most People Learn Way Too Late in Life
10 Feb, 2020 | Business Support, Continuous Learning, Social & Recreation, Strategy & Stakeholders
One of the worst things you can do for self-development is comparing yourself to other people. It's easy to get caught up in jealousy and wanting what other people have. Especially with the way we interact with social media. You have to remember that people tend to...
5 Reasons Women Over 50 Should Start Something Big And New
5 Feb, 2020 | Business Support, Continuous Learning, Strategy & Stakeholders, Wealth
"I have realized that when a single, simple ingredient is added to the recipe for dreams at our age, they rise like perfect biscuits: PERMISSION. That’s right. You have to give yourself permission. You have to ditch the story that’s holding you back, see what that new...
What Is The Negativity Bias and How Can it be Overcome?
4 Feb, 2020 | Continuous Learning, Personal Health, Social & Recreation
We all face rejection, sadness, fear, and unhappiness. When we find ourselves getting stuck on the negative aspects of our lives, however, it helps to be aware of why we might be doing so. We may be evolutionarily hard-wired to focus on negative things, but it’s...
Realistically, How Much Water Do We Need To Drink For Longevity?
31 Jan, 2020 | Continuous Learning, Information, Personal Health
Take into consideration the fact that many other things you ingest can contribute to your level of hydration. Realistically, all fluids count toward your daily intake, not just plain old water. You can count all kinds of water sources from a basic glass of water, to a...
Life Can Be Boring Sometimes. But Here Are Some Tricks to Make It More Interesting
4 Jan, 2020 | Continuous Learning, Home Support, Social & Recreation, Strategy & Stakeholders
http://www.lifehack.org/587436/tricks-eliminate-boredom-daily-life? The key seems to be attention and awareness. Studies suggest we get bored when we have difficulty paying attention. Often times we then blame external forces and reason that the task we’ve been...
How to get better at growing older in 2020 and beyond…
31 Dec, 2019 | Business Support, Continuous Learning, Personal Health, Strategy & Stakeholders
"This stage of life is like a patchwork quilt. It is not linear work typically, as one’s primary career probably was. You might do something for a few years, then switch to something else, or you might do a few things, or jobs, at the same time. There are no rules."...
Don’t have regrets… plan your future now!
27 Dec, 2019 | Business Support, Continuous Learning, Home Support, Information, Personal Health, Physical Location, Science & Technology, Social & Recreation, Strategy & Stakeholders, Wealth
https://www.powerofpositivity.com/10-regrets-dont-want-10-years/? If you want to live a life you won’t regret in 10 years, it all starts with what you’re willing to do to make sure that doesn’t happen. You hold the key already, but it’s up to you to find the door....
Broaching the Subject of Hearing Loss – 6 ideas for bringing up an often touchy subject…
21 Dec, 2019 | Business Support, Continuous Learning, Home Support, Personal Health, Science & Technology, Social & Recreation
https://www.nextavenue.org/talk-hearing-loss/? Compared to the past, today’s hearing aids are much more adjustable, do a better job of suppressing background noise and often come equipped with Bluetooth, which lets you take phone calls (with microphones on the hearing...
Could you be fooled by wrong or subjective information?
20 Dec, 2019 | Continuous Learning
It is important to check the source of any data or information you want to use or re-post to others. Where did the information originate and how credible is the source? Do the conclusions reached seem "too good to be true" or has the issue changed over time......
5 Habits that keep your brain young…
15 Dec, 2019 | Continuous Learning, Personal Health, Science & Technology, Social & Recreation
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/5-habits-that-keep-your-brain-young.html?cid=sf01001
Social Media – Linked-in suggestions to improve your interaction…
12 Dec, 2019 | Business Support, Continuous Learning, Social & Recreation
LinkedIn is a fantastic place to uncover potential new opportunities for your business, but only if you go about it the right way. If not, potential peers will avoid you like the plague. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/343569?
17 Habits of Self-Made Millionaires Who Retired Early
10 Dec, 2019 | Business Support, Continuous Learning, Information, Physical Location, Strategy & Stakeholders, Wealth
"Early retirees take a glass half full approach to most things, from making life-altering decisions about work to picking the right wine to sip on during dinner — and everything in-between," Adcock wrote. "They expect things to go well, and as we know from the...
Gardening could be the hobby that helps you live to 100…
5 Dec, 2019 | Continuous Learning, Information, Personal Health, Physical Location, Social & Recreation, Strategy & Stakeholders
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20181210-gardening-could-be-the-hobby-that-helps-you-live-to-100? People living in these so-called “blue zones” have certain factors in common – social support networks, daily exercise habits and a plant-based diet, for starters....
How to master the art of safari photography…
5 Dec, 2019 | Continuous Learning, Social & Recreation
https://www.roughguides.com/article/how-to-master-the-art-of-safari-photography/? Experiment before you go You don’t want to turn up on day one of your safari and end up with a blur in the sky instead of an eagle in flight because you’d never tried panning shots...
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