Author: Dan Hennessey

Why Aging Better Matters More Than Aging Longer Lately, I’ve been thinking about what’s to come. What will the next chapter look like—and more importantly, how long do I have left? As I get older, I can’t ignore the evolving conversation around longevity. For some, it’s a quest to extend life itself—to push the boundaries … Continue reading Living Well, Not Just Long

Do you meditate? Do you think that meditation and thinking positively are what we need to counter aging.  I believe mediation is a strong tool in focusing on the present and envisioning a better quality of life.  I find that it has a calming effect and can be done anywhere and I have even meditated … Continue reading Do you meditate?

Went to a party last weekend and the topic of discussion was retirement. Everyone had a different idea as to when was the best time to retire. Some were waiting for full retirement 66 and 2/3, someone else had the idea to wait until age 65. The thought behind that being that she would be … Continue reading When is the right time to retire?

So I found this interesting. Below are 6 seemingly simple ways to "add years to your life, and life to your years", seems simple enough. 1) Eat a diet full of minimally processed foods 2) Do routine physical activity at moderate intensity, frequency, duration; 3) Avoid toxins, particularly tobacco and excess alcohol; 4) Get adequate … Continue reading Adding Years to your life

I recently saw a report about long term care that got me thinking about how I feel about the subject. I do not want to be a burden on anybody, especially my kids. I talk from experience as I was a caretaker for my mom, and while I did not mind taking care of her … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence

We all worry don’t we? I heard a Ted talk the other day that talked about worrying. I heard the one giving the talk give an interesting fact about worrying and I decided to look it up and found that, depending on who you read, only 8 to 15% of what we worry about is … Continue reading Worrying

Hello, I think that it is time to resurrect AgingwithDan. As the old saying goes, we’re not getting any younger, so no time like the present to start back up. We all know that the population is aging rapidly.  It seems that there isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t hear someone talking … Continue reading Looking at Retirement

Hello Dan again, I’m on vacation this week and started to think that since I’m approaching 60 maybe it’s time to start giving retirement some serious thought. And what happens when I do, if ever, retire? As I look around I’m quite comfortable in my current surroundings and would not want to leave them anytime … Continue reading Aging in Place

Hello, please let me introduce myself. My name is Dan and I’ll be posting information to this blog about my journey into life past 60. In a conversation I recently had with my son, he made the casual observation that I had a lot of gray hair and that comment got me to thinking about … Continue reading Life after 60