Archive for: January 2007

Nine Health No-No’s for Baby Boomers
In a recent Forbes.com article, there was a list, along with cutesy pictures, referencing nine mistakes that aging boomers often make that could affect their health.  With some rewording, here is that list of NINE:

Not too long ago keeping your word was something most people took pretty seriously.  Not because there was a written contract that lawyers could later force you to uphold, but because backing down from a promise was a poor reflection on one’s character.  One can’t help but wonder that if those in elected office, having been entrusted with the privilege to make promises on the behalf of others, should fail to honor that promise, would it be fair to say that a town or even a nation’s character might be found questionable?  Just wondering.   

We’ve all heard the Mark Twain quote, “Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.” But humorous as this may seem, the reality of it is that as we age our cognitive functioning will decline in varying degrees.

With age, it is quite common to increasingly struggle with trying to recall a once familiar name that now always seems to be right beyond memory’s reach or to feel the frustration of trying to, as my dad used to say, “think fast”. Sometimes it feels like we’re an old 45, and someone’s lowered the rpm to 33.

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