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What we think will happen, happens.\u00a0 As we grow older, we become what we think we will become.<\/p>\n

A lifespan difference of 7.5-years is the impact of how we think about how we age.\u00a0 This is the research findings of Yale University Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Psychology Becca Levy based on her past 20 years of research.\u00a0 Positivity versus negativity impacts how we live and our will to live.<\/p>\n

The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests older adults who hold an optimistic attitude are 44 percent more likely to recover when dealing with a potentially chronic illness or condition.\u00a0 It\u2019s what happens with the energy that comes from a positive perspective.\u00a0 It motivates us to make choices more likely to include exercise, eating and drinking for health, and more active socialization.\u00a0 Positive self-awareness leads to choices that are more life sustaining.<\/p>\n

One of the hopeful aspects of being human is our ability to think, and re-think.\u00a0 We are resilient in ways that are astonishing.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t just for the young at heart, it is for anyone at any age who chooses to examine their beliefs about life and aging.\u00a0 It is possible to revise ones thinking and improve one\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a misconception to think aging makes a person more set in their ways.\u00a0 Now, more than ever, as 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day, we embrace a population of people who have been introduced to a lifetime of significant changes in how we think.\u00a0 The average 65 year-old was born into a home or community where someone had a wireless radio.\u00a0 From their early childhood through today this person has lived through the introduction of the TV, VCR, Internet, Email, MacBook, iPad, all the way to Androids.\u00a0 \u201cSet in their ways\u201d does not seem logical when so many of today\u2019s 65 year olds were in some way involved with work that supported developing this astounding and ongoing technology.<\/p>\n

When the normal changes that come with aging happen, it is our attitude that will predict how we make the transition from younger to older.\u00a0 Our life experiences, and how we choose to view the world we live in, will hold the greatest impact on how we age.<\/p>\n

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