Live Younger Longer

How to find your ‘why’
Not sure what your why in life is?
You’re not alone. Many older adults wrestle with finding
meaning as they transition into older adulthood and the
final decades of their lives. But uncovering your purpose is a
worthwhile exercise that can significantly affect your
happiness, health and well-being.
Ask yourself the following questions to help uncover the
purpose in your life — and the best places to focus your
energy:
What activities make me feel excited, fulfilled or
rewarded?
When do I feel like the best version of me?
What are my natural gifts, talents and abilities?
How do I best help others?
What three (or five or seven) ideas, actions or events
are most important to me?
What have I always wanted to try?
What activities do I most look forward to each day,
week or month?
What have I been putting off until I have more time?
What relationships are most important to me?
Are there relationships that I’d like to make stronger or
invest more time in?
What do I want my days to look like? What about my
weeks and years?

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Does it feel like something is missing from my life?
What is it?
If I could do anything, what would it be?
Living your best life
Knowing what you want out of life can be a great motivator. So once you
understand your meaning and purpose, use that as inspiration to live your
best life.
Here’s one way to think about it: In your 20s, you want to conquer the
world. In your 30s and 40s, you start realizing you probably aren’t going to.
And in your 50s, 60s and beyond, you accept who you are, recognize your
purpose, and enjoy some of your best years of happiness, well-being and
freedom from worry. That’s why 60- and 70-year-olds are some of the
happiest people on the planet.
More than any other time in your life, your senior years are when you’re
more likely to have a solid sense of who you are, how you want to spend
your time and what really matters to you. For many, this is a time of
gratitude, optimism and happiness — a combination that pays off in more
than just warm, fuzzy feelings. It actually improves your health and well-
being. Here’s what the research says about the concrete benefits of these
three overlapping traits.