Curious Elder

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Time is FleetingTHERE ARE SOME YOUNGER PEOPLE who enjoy reading Curious Elder. So today, I’m doing something different. I’m posing a question to the older reade…
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Fido Delivers Healthy BenefitsI’M A PET PERSON, ARE YOU? There’s been a dog (sometimes a cat) in my home for most of my life. Caring for a pet has many health benefits for ol…
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How Important is Being Remembered?A YOUNG PERSON ONCE ASKED ME, do you write so that you can leave something behind and others will remember you? At the time, I answered no; I wr…
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And Yet We Survived!I OFTEN THINK BACK TO THE CRAZY THINGS we used to do as kids--there were so many! Some of our idiotic stunts could have killed us but didn’t, an…
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Making Authentic ConnectionsAS THE YEARS TICK BY PEOPLE COME INTO OUR LIVES and go out of our lives. But social connections are vital to our cognitive health and longevity;…
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Emotional IntelligencePsychologist Daniel Goleman wrote the book Emotional Intelligence in 1995. Its subject matter has become an essential barometer for hiring peopl…
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Would You Consider a Big Move?I COULD BE A DIGITAL NOMAD without too much coaxing. My wife and I have moved numerous times, including to five different states. We’ve been in …
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Who's in Your Social Circles? AT CHRISTMAS TIME, MY WIFE AND I had some friends over for drinks around our fire pit in the backyard. Listening to the fire crackle and sipping…
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We Now Have Space for CuriosityI’VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT CURIOSITY LATELY. Curiosity was the nuts and bolts of life when we were children. It’s was the fuel for learning …
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Gathering Personal InsightLet’s discuss … Self-reflection. On my Welcome page, I mentioned that we are a tribe rich in experience, proud of our accomplishments, yet wanti…
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Egotism vs Common Sense Today’s topic … Age-related adjustments. No one likes to admit that they can no longer do certain things because of age, but it’s important not …
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Music is Often Called the Universal LanguageToday’s topic … I’ve loved music my whole life. It started with Mom and Dad’s Frank Sinatra albums, then to the early Beatles, and onward to inc…
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