Healthy Aging: Make Yourself and Your Well-Being a Priority
Like so many things in life, staying healthy and aging well takes some planning and effort.
Now that you are at a time in your life when you have more time for yourself, make staying healthy your focus. It doesn’t just happen because you want it to, and you can’t simply cross your fingers and hope you will be healthy in your senior years. You have more influence over your health and well-being than you may realize.
Yes, people will say, “Well, it is the luck of the draw. You can’t prevent disease and accidents from affecting your health.” While not everything is within our control, staying active and practicing healthy habits can support overall health and well-being. Taking care of yourself is one of the most rewarding and important things you can do for yourself.
So where do you start? Be conscious of choosing nourishing foods, hydrating daily, and moving your body through any form of exercise—even dancing right in the middle of your day. Keep your mind active by continuing with your hobbies and interests. All of these things together can support your health day by day. When you improve your health and well-being, you can improve your quality of life.
Many of you tell me you want to make changes to age well but do not know where to start. You may have lost sight of your goals and feel irrelevant or invisible. Make yourself and your aging your new goal. Focus on yourself. Each day, take steps to turn that focus into meaningful achievements—whether by eating healthier, exercising, meditating, learning something new, or beginning a new hobby.
“YOU” should be your new goal, and being the best you can be at every age can become a new purpose in life. Instead of hiding from aging or pretending it isn’t happening, steer your own course. Aging is changing, and so are you every day. You can make choices that support positive changes along the way.
Guest Blog Author
Candice Cima
I am a seventy-six-year-old businesswoman, artist, and former model residing in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. I have maintained a daily yoga and exercise practice for over 35 years. When I am not working in my office or my gym, you will find me in my art studio. It is my goal to inspire women of all ages to continue to feel confident, relevant, and enthusiastic about life. I truly believe that aging is changing.
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