Old people are boring – truth or myth? While you can split hairs and say, “it depends on the individual,” it’s certainly a broadly accepted stereotype that old people lead boring lives. Stuck in Our Habits Why? Basically, humans tend to fall into a serious habit of doing the same thing repeatedly. You could even say that a part of us is designed to be boring. Here’s what I mean. It’s a natural instinct for us to not spend our energy making conscious active decisions throughout the day. In fact, we make about 35,000 decisions per day on autopilot. They take place in our basal ganglia instead of the prefrontal cortex. The reason is, we were built to reserve our energy for fight-or-flight mode to survive in the wild. What’s more, we’re designed to procrastinate to avoid any stressors in…
Don’t Let Regrets Keep You from Enjoying the Holidays
As the holiday season is upon us – with friends and families making plans to get together, stores filled to the rafters with gifts to give to loved ones, airports and train-stations jammed with travelers hurrying to their joyful destinations – some may feel lost in all this happy celebration. After all, once we hit 60 or more, some of our family and friends have probably made their transition into the Great Beyond, and however you define that passage, the truth is, we miss them. And with that, some of us may have regrets. Things we left unsaid, harsh words never taken back, choices made we wish we hadn’t. The holidays can feel glum and depressing rather than a time of joy and laughter. Push Regrets Aside You would think that the older we get, the more regrets we would…
What If Everyone Didn’t Age or Die?
Imagine a world where no one ever got old or died. It might sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but what if it were possible? In this world, people would continue to live healthy and full lives for centuries. There would be no more diseases, no more wars, and no more death. Sounds pretty amazing, doesn’t it? But this utopia comes with a price. In a world where people don’t age or die, the population would continue to grow exponentially. Soon, there would be no more room on Earth for all of the people. Resources would become scarce, and life would become incredibly difficult. There are already seven billion people on Earth, and the population is growing every day. If everyone lived forever, the world would soon become overcrowded and unliveable. So, while a world without aging…