Don't be old before your time!

An awful lot of people embrace middle age and even old age well before they get there. It's as if they don't know what's waiting for them at the final destination. (If I need to remind you, it's death).

Here are a number of traits I've identified that'll help you spot someone who's ageing more quickly than he should be:

Youthful	Middle-aged	Old
Fun-loving	Doesn’t know what fun is	Grim
Playful	Pompous	Overbearing
Embraces change	Resents change	Can’t change
Wears fashionable Clothes	Wears same clothes he had in his twenties	Wears same clothes he had in his twenties
Modest	Self-important	Angry
Humorous	Sarcastic	Caustic
Sensitive	Insensitive	Spiteful
Flexible	Inflexible	Ossified
Seeks out challenges	Avoids challenges	Avoids inclines
Eager to learn new things	Prefers not to learn new things	Can’t learn new things
Happy	Whingeing	Miserable
Optimistic	Pessimistic	Doom-laden
Sociable	Snobbish	Alienated
Positive	Cynical	Embittered

In truth, it doesn't matter what physical age you are, you should possess all the traits in the first column - the one I've headed: 'Youthful. - throughout your entire life

If you have any of the those listed in either of the other columns, you're probably getting old before your time.

You need to  reflect on it, and do your level best to turn the clock back before it's too late!

By the way, it seems that movement and exercise are closely related to brain health, so you might want to check out these posts as they just might help you to hang on to your youth:

Just walk

Keep moving

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