Your dreams keep on building and have no limit, nor does it depend on your age. A person who worked for his ambitions all his life may decide to give everything up at 60 to head for world tour or get married, or get retired. Similarly, people change professions at random ages in their lives.
We have both short term and long term goals all the time we live, i'm not there yet, but i think as you age, your short term goals rank higher in importance and attention. Of course, you cannot think of what you would do 10 years from now, but you're more busy with what all you have to do the next week, and you have the responsibilities, family, kids, their education, etc. Responsibilities take the place of personal dreams, but your professional dreams (if you've wisely kept them separate) sees no end and you can dream on and on!
We have also seen people who have fulfilled their own dreams help others fulfill their dreams, not a bad thing to do at all! They stay motivated by motivating and helping others and cherish the sweet memories that they have had when they were at the same age. At this age, some people have experienced so much that all they do is relive the happy or weird memories in their minds and be happy for them.
| Top hobbies 60+ would like to try | Values in % |
|---|---|
| Learn a new language | 25 |
| Dancing | 22 |
| Learn a new skill | 21 |
| Fun nights out | 11 |
| Bike riding | 10 |
| Acting | 8 |
| DIY | 8 |
| Yoga | 7 |
| A new sport | 6 |
| Dating | 5 |
| Adrenaline activities | 3 |
Now, don’t get us wrong here. We are not trying to say that a 60-year-old who starts exercising and eating well can expect to go out and win athletic competitions against the 20-something crowd. And we are not encouraging you to jump up off the couch and start training for the Boston Marathon if you haven’t run in 30 years. Wear and tear does have its effects, and we aren’t designed to keep on going forever like the Energizer Bunny–40 may be the new 30, but 60 is never going to be the new 25.
Here we can colnclude that, with a little bit of well-planned effort, you can make your “declining years” a lot less about declining, and more about staying functionally fit enough to do what you want to do and enjoy yourself in the process.
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