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By: Pat Landaker / Positive Aging<br />
Take the reigns of aging by considering these<br />
actions. Many of you already have some<br />
version of them on your daily “to do” list.<br />
Acknowledge Your Value: If you don’t value<br />
YOU, then who will? Establish boundaries, defend your decisions, and<br />
speak up.<br />
Make yourself number #1 in your life. It doesn’t mean you don’t care<br />
about others; it means you understand the importance of self-care and<br />
self-appreciation.<br />
Build Your Strength: Create and implement a daily routine that<br />
benefits your emotional, mental and physical strength. For example:<br />
self-care increases emotional strength; engagement tests mental<br />
strength; and movement builds physical strength.<br />
Know Your Capacity: Do you know how much you can actually<br />
handle as opposed to how much you want to handle? Don’t let ego get<br />
in your way.<br />
Gauging your capacity helps you approach all your engagements<br />
with confidence and self-awareness. Establishing your capacity ensures<br />
you don’t bite off more than you WANT to chew.<br />
Exercise A Mindful Mindset: Act mindfully. Communicate<br />
mindfully. Make mindful decisions. Being aware of how and why you<br />
engage allows you to put real thought behind your actions and be<br />
flexible in your mindset.<br />
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Take the Reigns of Aging<br />
New Beginnings!<br />
By: Mary Richard / Health Fitness<br />
Now that the majority of us have been<br />
vaccinated, social distancing being<br />
followed, things are beginning to spring back to<br />
life. It may not ever return to the way it was pre-pandemic, but at least<br />
we can see the “light at the end of the tunnel.”<br />
I’m pleased to have gotten both my Pfizer shots. I still wear my mask<br />
when needed and perhaps by the time this column is published, more<br />
leniencies will be upheld regarding the mask wearing.<br />
I do feel more comfortable in going out publicly to places I frequented<br />
prior to the pandemic. As each day goes by, more and more we are<br />
seeing recovery in our beautiful Las <strong>Vegas</strong> Valley.<br />
Stores are reopening, shows are coming back. I was so pleased to hear<br />
that my beloved Smith Center for The Performing Arts is planning<br />
their reopening of Broadway shows in October!<br />
Yay! I’m so looking forward to being rehired as an usher and working<br />
at that beautiful facility again.<br />
I’ve taken up walking around my neighborhood and enjoying this<br />
beautiful weather. Flowers are blooming, people are coming out of<br />
their homes again and life is returning to the valley.<br />
Did we all gain a few pounds during the pandemic? Don’t stress<br />
about it. Just take it easy – better to lose a few pounds at a time slowly<br />
than to crash diet.<br />
<strong>May</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Expand Your Universe: Learn something new. Go somewhere<br />
new. Eat something new. Wear something new.<br />
Sometimes we settle into what’s comfortable and allow complacency<br />
to step in and make itself at home. Always be expanding.<br />
Express Your Creativity: Allow your creative self to drive your<br />
self-expression. Discover what fulfills your inner passion and brings<br />
you the most joy. Then, live that passion out loud!<br />
Do You Know a Positive Ager? I’ll be featuring positive agers in<br />
this column. These are individuals who don’t allow aging to stop them<br />
from living life to the fullest. If you know someone, please contact me.<br />
Pat Landaker is a Certified Senior Advisor and an Aging<br />
Consultant. She serves on the City of Henderson’s Senior Citizens<br />
Advisory Commission and will be teaching Positive Aging in<br />
UNLV’s Summer Session.<br />
Contact her at positiveaging54@gmail.com<br />
Try to enjoy the goodies if you must – but in moderation. I try not to<br />
deny myself of any of the wonderful sweets, chocolates, etc.<br />
I found one secret to keeping your alcohol in moderation is to have a<br />
sip of water every so often when drinking wine or cocktail. It sure helps!<br />
I also try to nibble on some veggies before venturing out to meet a<br />
friend for drinks or snack. Then I am not so famished when I get there<br />
and eat much more than I intended.<br />
Enjoy life - as we are not promised tomorrow!<br />
POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND HAPPY HEALTH TO ALL!<br />
Mary Richard is a long term supporter of senior fitness. She<br />
teaches Zumba, toning and dance classes throughout the Las <strong>Vegas</strong><br />
Valley. She can be reached at zumbaqueen@cox.net.
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