Old age begins later than we think

Vladimir Yakovlev

It is believed that the main result of increased life expectancy is the fact that older people now live longer. That's not it.

Main, huge, strategic changing before our eyes the whole of humanity consequence of the jump in life expectancy is not that old age now lasts longer, and that it begins much later.

  For those who are now 40, 50, 55 years old by today's standards, old age begins years 75 - 80. That is, for a good 25 years - a quarter of a century! - Later than the generation of our parents.

  More recently, in human life, there were only three major periods: youth, maturity, old age. Now the "maturity", in fact, happens in 50 years and marks the beginning of a completely new, simply did not exist earlier stage of human life.

  What do we know about him?

  1. It lasts almost thirty years - from 50 to about 75 years.

  2. In contrast to earlier concepts, physical and intellectual abilities of a person during this period with the right approach and are not reduced at least no worse, and in some cases better than in his youth.

  3. Potentially, this is the best, most qualitative period in human life as combines health, strength and experience. "If youth knew, if old age could" - is no longer about us. For all the statistics of recent years the happiest time of life, its peak occurs in approximately 65let now.

  4. Those who are now 55 - 65let live this period of the first in the history of mankind. Previously, it was not simple, as people grow old much earlier.

  5. In the next few decades, people aged 50 - 75stanut most massive age group on the planet.

   To learn how you can now live after 50, about the amazing, almost fantastic possibilities of this age and people who have learned with 50 live better, brighter, more interesting and richer than before, as a young man

   What is different about life after 50 years from all previous life? Yes, the fact that how to live after fifty, we have no one ever taught! - In infancy, we are prepared to childhood, a child - to the youth, in his youth - a youth and as a young man we spend dozens of hours, preparing himself for the upcoming test of maturity. And only the border in 50 years we cross without having the slightest idea about how, what and why to live. There is nothing surprising. Where such knowledge come from, if even for the generation of our parents in old age 50 years officially started, and did not live on assumed and relied start slowly die.

  We seldom realize that life is the strategic program, which we strictly follow, in my life, in fact inherent in us by previous generations. It was created by previous generations of those books, movies, educational system, which in his childhood and youth in shaping our consciousness. But the previous generations did not have any concept of life after 50po the simple reason that after fifty years of his life was not in principle. Therefore, there are none in the program of life that we got from them as an inheritance.

   In all and every kind of statistics for those who today 50-55ili so, will not begin before age 80 years. This is a very, very nice, of course. We just took and gave as much as 25 years (!) More active and busy life. The problem is that how to use this gift, we have not learned. As a result, over the border in 50I unknowingly agreeing to premature old age, we run the risk of losing good 25-30 years, who - literally - could be the best in our lives.

  After 50 years in the life of a wonderful moment comes when I have time, health, power, freedom from social commitment, experience, and before the start of old age, by modern standards, yet good quarter of a century! Do not waste this time for nothing. Then he will be very sorry! If you're over 50, it is now possible for you all everything, new hobbies, new joys and experiences, new career, a new love, a new journey. And the quality of these life experiences are much more than all that was available in green, inept youth or encumbrance of maturity.