This quarter, we started reading a new book, Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old, by John Leland. We have only read 4 chapters, but I have really been enjoying this book! Not only is it a very interesting read, but I can actually take in a lot of information and advice to apply it to my life. Reading different perspectives of seniors has helped put in perspective what is important now as well as dealing with becoming content with life. Personally, I feel like it is difficult to feel content with my life because society has embedded in me that to be happy, I need to accomplish all types of things, from materialistic things to being successful in a career. We tend to depend on the future for happiness and although the future and goals help us become motivated and work hard toward something, it should not be the only aspect to what defines happiness. Always looking into the future for happiness will never stop even if we achieve our goals because then we will just make another goal to work for, and never being content on the present.
On the other hand, an update on my peer and I’s Healthy Aging Project, we have settled on calling it Meet and Mingle, which will allow seniors from different senior communities to talk to each other and build friendships and relationships. With the pandemic, many seniors have felt lonely and have had limited social lives so I feel hopeful that this will bring joy to seniors even if it’s just for an hour or two. This past week, we have been contacting people from Seniors Communities and we have gotten an interest from Talmadge and other Wakeland developments, so this is definitely feeling to start real! I am very excited to see how this will turn out
On the other hand, an update on my peer and I’s Healthy Aging Project, we have settled on calling it Meet and Mingle, which will allow seniors from different senior communities to talk to each other and build friendships and relationships. With the pandemic, many seniors have felt lonely and have had limited social lives so I feel hopeful that this will bring joy to seniors even if it’s just for an hour or two. This past week, we have been contacting people from Seniors Communities and we have gotten an interest from Talmadge and other Wakeland developments, so this is definitely feeling to start real! I am very excited to see how this will turn out