{"id":5673,"date":"2015-07-26T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senioradvisor.com\/blog\/?p=5673"},"modified":"2017-09-19T11:23:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T16:23:41","slug":"10-great-things-about-getting-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d30braiqprupoq.cloudfront.net\/blog\/2015\/07\/10-great-things-about-getting-older\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Great Things about Getting Older"},"content":{"rendered":"

10 Great Things about\u00a0Getting Older\"Great<\/h1>\n

Most of us have a few things we hope to accomplish \u201csomeday,\u201d whether it\u2019s wearing whatever we please, seeing the world, or spending more time in the garden<\/a><\/strong>. And while age brings challenges that can make a wish list seem daunting, it can also motivate us to be our best selves while we can. Here are a few ways growing older can lead to great things, big and small.<\/p>\n

1. You\u2019ll have the hottest new hair color: grey.<\/h2>\n

You may have spent years covering your silver streaks, but today there are online video tutorials and special dyes \u201cthe kids\u201d are using to get the hair color you\u2019ve earned naturally to join in on the grey hair trend<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2. New tattoos will look good longer.<\/h2>\n

Tattoo experts say older skin holds ink colors better than younger skin, which is great news for the growing number of over-50 folks who are getting inked<\/a><\/strong>, many for the first time. If you decide to get body art, look for a tattoo professional who is experienced in working with older skin.<\/p>\n

3. You can retire to the country.<\/h2>\n

In her sixties, painter and sculptor Georgia O\u2019Keeffe<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0moved permanently to New Mexico in 1949 and created an iconic series of Southwest landscape paintings.<\/p>\n

4. You can keep right on working.<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re lucky enough to have a career you love, you can keep at it. Comedian and actor George Burns<\/a><\/strong> won an Academy Award at age 79 for his role in \u201cThe Sunshine Boys\u201d and performed the occasional live show into his nineties.<\/p>\n

5. You can tour the world.<\/h2>\n

Some seniors do this through road tripping, educational tours with Road Scholar (formerly Elderhostel), or flights to faraway destinations. And then there\u2019s singer Tina Turner, whose 2008-2009 world tour celebrated her 50th year<\/a><\/strong> in the music business.<\/p>\n

6. There\u2019s more freedom to focus on the issues you care about.<\/h2>\n

81-year old chimpanzee researcher and wildlife advocate Dr. Jane Goodall<\/a><\/strong> spends most of each year on the road, speaking at conferences and educational events.<\/p>\n

7. You can talk about sex\u2014and people will listen.<\/h2>\n

80-something Dr. Ruth<\/a><\/strong> has been answering people\u2019s questions about relationships and sexual health since the 1980s. Today she has more than 85,000 followers on Twitter, where she doles out quips about Channing Tatum, good conversation, and keeping relationships hot.<\/p>\n

8. You have more time to spend with your grandchildren, friends, and other family members.<\/h2>\n

One Dallas couple took this to an awesome extreme by building and decorating an elaborate treehouse<\/a><\/strong> for their grandkids and the neighborhood children.<\/p>\n

9. You can make your community a kinder place.<\/h2>\n

The late comedian Joan Rivers was known for her caustic persona onstage, but in private she delivered Thanksgiving meals to ill and homebound New Yorkers and spent 2 decades on the board of God\u2019s Love We Deliver<\/a><\/strong>, which has served more than 15 million meals.<\/p>\n

10. You can leave the world more beautiful than you found it.<\/h2>\n

Former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, was 53 when the national highway Beautification Act of 1965 was passed to clean up the country\u2019s main roads. She celebrated her 70th birthday by creating the National Wildflower Research Center (now the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center<\/a><\/strong>), which preserves native and endangered plants and helps property owners, highway departments, and agencies across the US to create healthier landscapes.<\/p>\n

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