Do you measure yourself to those around you? If you do look out because more than one adult in three is overweight or obese. Do you find yourself saying “yea I know I’m out of shape and I need to lose a LBS, but I better than that guy (or Read more…
It is generally accepted as you age especially after 50, the days, weeks, months and years really do seen to fly by. While time is going by at the same rate as when we were younger you should make sure to do what you can not to watch your life Read more…
I wish I would win the lottery. Everyone has thought about being the big jack pot winning and what it would mean if they did. But, winning the lottery is a wish not a goal. A goal is a long term objective that you plan for and take steps to Read more…
A National Bureau of Economic Research study authored by Poterba, Venti and Wise found that people who were the healthiest 20% in their fifties retired with three times the retirement funds of a similar aged group who were the least healthy. The healthy persons also spent down their funds slower Read more…
The number of persons over 65 years of age in the United States is expanding rapidly. The population aged 65 and over will increase substantially between 2010 and 2030, doubling in number from the year 2000. In 2000 there were 35 million people 65 and over, in 2030 that number Read more…
Exercise keeps you healthy. If you are in poor health, exercise can improve your health and increase the odds that you can become healthy. Exercise boosts your immune system, keeps the mind sharp, improves sleep, maintains muscle tone, and extends a healthy lifespan. Extending a healthy lifespan should be the Read more…
While aging brings with it a host of health related problems it can be the best period of a person’s life if done well. I am not going to dig into the existential question of what is life’s purpose which is an extremely important topic. I will merely say that Read more…
A famous stoic Seneca once said; “He is most powerful who has power over himself.” What does this mean? I would suggest that what Seneca was saying is that you are your own worst enemy or biggest friend and that what others say and do matters little but what matters Read more…
The United States is in a era of abundance. The lifestyle of even the poor in the United States now surpasses how the wealthy lived a mere 100 years ago. US citizens today have a much better lifestyle than at anytime in our past. So wouldn’t that equate to a Read more…
Everyone in my family suffers from high cholesterol but I shouldn’t say suffer because no one has had any ill effects. Heart disease is relatively unknown in my family but it is very common that family members will have cholesterol levels approaching 300. My cholesterol levels where consistently in the Read more…