I am now 60 so let me tell you what I’ve learned (in addition to all that above, which is true).
Never stop learning. I’ve just spent nearly 3 years learning to speak Welsh. Next might be Italian. Do puzzles. Learning and doing puzzles keeps your mind active.
You will notice that with every decade, the field in which you grow your fucks to give becomes more and more barren.
Say what you want. Dress how you want. Decorate your space how you want. Life is short and you might as well be happy.
Some things won’t bother you at all anymore (see point three). Some new things will bother you a LOT, particularly rude drivers and anti-homeless architecture. There’s not a lot you can do, but if you can do something, do it. Run for county commission. Sit in in town meetings. Speak up.
Realize you can’t use your body in ways you used to, nor neglect your body the way you used to. Still, Move and Do.
Eat good food. Take your meds.
Travel if you have the opportunity and means. It’s not too late to take a hike or stare at the ocean and feel small. Don’t go to a different culture and expect them to act like you. Watch how life works for them and learn something.
Your mind will not be able to conceive how old you are. Surely it’s impossible for all the things that have happened to you to have happened. Surely you didn’t have your first job 40 years ago. This is hard to reconcile; sometimes you just have to sit with it.
That thing about having a hobby? OMG do it. It will take you through times of loneliness. Creativity makes one feel alive. Do your hobby even if you’re bad at it, and quit judging yourself.
If you have a Someone, love them. Laugh with them. Maybe 20 years from now you’ll still be doing it but maybe one of you won’t be that lucky
Have sex if you have a partner. It still feels good, your body works and it isn’t gross. Remember that STDs are high among retirees, newly widowed who never thought of using condoms back in the 70s. Have fun but don’t be stupid.
If you had kids, realize that you won’t hear from them very often, even if you were a decent parent and had good relationships with them. They are adults now and adulting is HARD. It takes all one’s time and energy. If you’re lucky though they’ll ask your opinion or advice.
Keep up with technology if you can. Don’t be That Grandma who can’t work the remote.
Your Earnings Statement matters. Make some $$ so you won’t be destitute in your old age.
Ima say this one again: Have fun but don’t be stupid
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