Good Day World!
I’m here to tell you that baby boomers are not going gently into the good night (line from Dylan Thomas poem) just because we’re in our sixties.
Have you heard the phrase “Sixty is the new forty” yet?
Why is it that when people reach a certain age, they're considered "over the hill?”
That's not so, according to new research, which is helping re-define how we look at aging.
Increasingly, people over 60 feel more like 40, and now they have the science to back them up.
"Your chronologic age - that is, the number of birthdays you have - isn't your biologic or what we call real age," said Dr. Michael Roizen, chief medical wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic.
The new research argues that since life expectancy continues to rise, age 60 should not be considered old.
It's more "middle age," because for many, there's a lot of living left to do after age 60, even embarking on second or third careers.
One example in fashion trends:
While many people try to hide their gray hair, spending hours eradicating the signs of advancing age, going gray may no longer mean reaching out for the dye bottle as "granny hair" is in vogue.
How about that? If the younger members of our society really want to be “cool” then they have to copy baby boomers – in action and fashion!
You know…growing old is really a matter of the mind. Not the body.
As Dylan so succinctly put it, "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Time for me to walk on down the road…
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