Quit smoking. Tobacco is like a dying lover to smokers, the sooner the better? Break up? The better. A study conducted by Professor Peto, an academician of the Royal Society and director of the Center for Clinical Trials and Epidemiology of Oxford University, found that quitting smoking at the age of 60, 50, 40 or 30 can win about 3, 6, 9 and 65,438+00 years of life respectively. Many people will quit smoking because of health problems in middle age, but the relapse rate is high. A study in the United States shows that people who quit smoking and smoke again are more susceptible to toxic substances. So, you can't relax after quitting smoking successfully, can you? Smokers? Be vigilant, it is best to clean up all the things related to tobacco at home and bid farewell to the smoking environment completely to reduce the temptation.
Cultivate hobbies. Only by continuous learning and inner growth can we get rid of what will happen in old age? Old, useless? Sense of uselessness Generally speaking, a hobby usually takes 5 ~ 10 years to master and enjoy, so you should consciously cultivate a hobby in middle age, such as musical instruments, painting, Tai Ji Chuan, literature, collection and photography. Anything you like can make you happy. Work hard for life when you are young, and do more things you really like when you have time when you are old.
Learn to be alone. ? Some old people are always waiting for others to visit them, and if they don't come, they complain. ? Wang Xiaoting, a social worker who has served in Taiwan for a long time, said that in order to avoid falling into such a situation, people should cultivate their ability to live alone and live alone in middle age. Solitude is not the same as loneliness, but a state in which children are not around and colleagues, relatives and friends have little contact. A person's ability to arrange his own life is very important. Imagine, if one day, you can't hear clearly, you can't hear clearly, and you may not even watch TV and newspapers. How will a person spend it?
Make more friends with strangers. Calm down and think about it. How many junior high school students do you have in contact with senior high school students? How long has it been since your child went out? ? Looking back on our previous interpersonal relationships, you will find that with the growth of age, more and more relationships become alienated. ? Yang Ping, secretary-general of the Gerontology Professional Committee of China Gerontology Society, told the reporter of Life Times that when people reach middle age, they should keep their curiosity about the world, overcome their fear of dealing with strangers, make more friends and enrich their interpersonal relationship and social support system by participating in community activities and hobbies.
Forgive others. In the true story "Tuesday with Murray", Murray, a famous American professor of social psychology who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tearfully tells the story of one thing that he couldn't let go of before his death, that is, he didn't forgive his close friend who had hurt him and his wife and didn't visit him when his close friend had cancer. In complicated interpersonal relationships, everyone may have unsolved problems. Yang Ping suggested that you should open your heart, try to communicate frankly with each other, learn to let go and get rid of those psychological burdens.
Arrange accommodation for the elderly. Where do you want to live when you are old? Urban and rural areas? Take the children or go to a nursing home? These are all things that need to be considered in middle age. Japanese humanist and sociologist Ueno Chizuko pointed out in the book "One's Old Age" that when choosing an old-age house, one needs to know his own personality and needs. Besides the house, one must also give full consideration to it? Software? Factors, such as nursing conditions, the number of friends, and the distance from relatives. When we were young, we used to joke that we would live together when we were old. In fact, this is not impossible. There are many similar situations in Europe, America and Japan, so we might as well plan ahead to avoid the troubles after retirement.
Make a living will. Including property will and medical will, especially the latter is ignored by many people. Death is often unexpected. Even before you get old, a car accident or a serious injury may suddenly come one day. If you unfortunately enter the end of your life, are you willing to accept intubation medical treatment? How do you want to leave this world? These are all things that people should think about in advance when they reach middle age. Death is a compulsory course for everyone, and how to leave calmly and gracefully requires a lifetime of thinking.