Aging Gracefully - James Edwards - Bog

This book 'AGING GRACEFULLY: A Guide to Successful Aging with Wisdom and Grace' is a short and thorough description of how you can be able to age powerfully with wisdom and grace. It is not cluttered with unnecessary theories but delves straight into practical procedures that you can adopt to free yourself from the challenges of old age and enjoy the virtues of aging with wisdom and grace. The entire book was written in nine chapters and thirty-eight pages, revealing the basic things that you need to know to cope with the difficulties that old age could elicit. The first chapter revealed in three pages the basic understanding of aging, including biological aging, psychological aging, and social aging. The second chapter revealed in five pages the methods that you can use to maintain your physical health to grow old with grace, including the necessity to keep operating, eat healthfully, enjoy better sleep, practice preventative healthcare, control stress, continue mental activity, establish a robust social network, and minimize dangerous behaviour. The third chapter revealed in four pages the methods that you can use to maintain your emotional and mental health to enjoy the virtues of aging, including the necessity of accepting change, becoming more inquisitive, building relationships, developing the habit of mindfulness, making self-care a priority, establishing goals, looking for expert assistance, maintaining a fit lifestyle, practicing gratitude, and accepting your age. The fourth chapter revealed in three pages the methods of adapting to beauty and self-care to age powerfully with grace, including the necessity to understand the changing definition of beauty, accepting aging with elegance, sustaining physical health, beauty and skin care regimens, fashion and make up, emotional and mental health, creating and maintaining relationships, and the value of loving oneself. The fifth chapter revealed in three pages the necessity of planning for finances and retirement in order to achieve the aim of aging powerfully, including the eight components of planning for finances and retirement. The sixth chapter revealed in five pages a thorough understanding of mastering the connection between aging and relationships, including the shifting terrain of relationship as one ages, creating lifelong connections, managing loss, accepting new connections, interaction and resolution of conflicts, and intimacy and romantic relationships. The seventh chapter revealed in three pages the value of hobbies and recreation for aging gracefully, including the necessity to choose the right interests and recreational activities. The eighth chapter revealed in three pages the basic understanding of handling end-of-life issues, including the value of prior informed consent, and spiritual and emotional groundwork. And, finally, the ninth chapter reveals in three pages the necessity of aging well, including an alternative view of aging, accepting the changes in life, self-sufficiency and welfare, developing an upbeat attitude, being appreciative and mindful, and a positive aging legacy. If you are determined to enjoy the virtues of aging powerfully with wisdom and grace, this book 'AGING GRACEFULLY: A Guide to Successful Aging with Wisdom and Grace' will prove to be an invaluable guide for you.