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Thank You For Your
Continued Support
By: Carol Chapman
As we kick off 2023, we do so with a
reinvigorated sense of purpose and desire
to serve and assist our senior community.
Expanding on this we will be holding 9
seminars for small groups of seniors.
Each will be expressly for seniors and are designed to answer
questions about Medicare, end of life, fraud, and so on. We cannot
continue to provide seminars,
durable medical equipment, minor
repairs, and transportation services
to seniors, without your generosity
and support.
This year, we have several exciting events that will help us raise
needed funds for our organization to continue its mission. We will
hold our 19th annual golf tournament Memorial day, May 29, 2023.
and I encourage everyone who can do so, to sign up. We will also be
having our 4th annual gala in the fall, be on the lookout for ticket
announcements!
For more information on the foundation, how to donate or ways to
get involved, visit: https://www.foundationassistingseniors.org or give
us a call (725) 244-4200.
January 2023
Are You Sustainable?
By: Pat Landaker / Positive Aging
he word “sustainability” is usually associated
Twith protecting the environment, but it can
also apply to you and your life. How will you
sustain the life you love living?
Are you able to keep up with the life you’re living now? Do you have
what it takes to keep up with the “YOU” you want to become?
If you want to manage and adjust your lifestyle so it better aligns with
your “now” life, I suggest creating a Sustainability Plan. Sustaining
yourself means knowing yourself.
What do you need versus what do you want? What are your “must
haves?” Are you living in your strengths or in your weaknesses? What
will it take to maintain your current lifestyle?
If you love your life the way it is and want to maintain it, this plan’s
for you. Creating a Sustainability Plan offers a reality check that will
help answer many questions.
What’s a Sustainability Plan? It’s a roadmap to sustaining and
maintaining your life by understanding what it takes to keep you going
and keep growing.
Figure out what you must do now to manage and maintain your
future life. Then, answer these questions: What needs to change? What
needs to stay and what needs to go?
What fulfills you and truly makes you happy? What do you need to
stay in step with life’s shifts?
Here are 8 steps to get you started:
1. Do some self-discovery. Who are you and where are you now?
2. Check your self-alignment. Do you align with who and where you
want to be?
3. Establish priorities. What are the needs, wants and “must haves?”
4. Discover your new opportunities. Have you identified what awaits
you?
5. Determine your capabilities. Are you biting off more than you can
chew?
6. Know your personal viability. Are you financially, emotionally, and
physically sustainable?
7. Know your personal protections. Does your environment (family,
friends, and community) support you?
8. Know your personal equity. Are you investing in yourself (selfcare)?
It’s time to meet up with the You today and create a sustainable
You for tomorrow. Please email me if you’d like my Sustainability Plan
template.
Pat Landaker is a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) and owner of Living
La Vida Senior. She serves on the ASA’s Innovation and Social
Impact Council, the CSA’s Certification Council, the City of Henderson’s
Senior Citizens Advisory Commission and she teaches Positive
Aging at UNLV/OLLI. Contact her at contact@livinglavidasenior.
com.