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RE: Power of Positivity + On The Plus Side #12! - The Positives of a "Mid-life Crisis"
I just looked at a friend's profile on Facebook who I went to school with over 40 years ago. He looks like he's in his Mid Sixties and he can't be much over 50. Another friend from the same year at school looks pretty much the same as he did as a kid, maybe just an older version in his mid thirties or forties. It's not just about the physical age, it's something else, some people just age, maybe they show the stresses on their face or something. It strikes me it might be down to optimism, because that was the difference between both of their personalities, and the happy sunny one is by far younger looking. Maybe optimism has an effect on your physical age as well.
Stress definitely ages a person. If you know how to manage stress, or don’t put yourself in a situation where you experience much of it, then you certainly won’t age as quickly.
You’ll also age faster if you don’t look after your health properly, and you also don’t handle stress well if your health is poor.
And then there’s people with children. The added stress of having a family ages people faster as well. Perhaps due to sleep deprivation and less time to look after your health.
All of these things age people faster but the common connection is how well you look after your health.